Vulnerability CVE-2008-1880
Published: 2008-05-12   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The default configuration of Firebird before 2.0.3.12981.0-r6 on Gentoo Linux sets the ISC_PASSWORD environment variable before starting Firebird, which allows remote attackers to bypass SYSDBA authentication and obtain sensitive database information via an empty password.

Type:

CWE-255

 (Credentials Management)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Firebird -> Firebird 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42299
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29123
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-06.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/30162
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216158
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