CVE-2016-1569

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Published Jan 13, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 2.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

FireBird 2.5.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using service manager to invoke the gbak utility with an invalid parameter.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:firebirdsql:firebird:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-2664	FireBird 2.5.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using service manager to invoke the gbak utility with an invalid parameter.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.3% (2.304% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177119.html
http://sourceforge.net/p/firebird/code/62783/
http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-5068
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/10/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/10/3

History

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Subscriptions

Firebirdsql Firebird

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 11:02 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: debian
Published: Jan 13, 2016, 3:00 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 11:02 PM
Reserved: Jan 10, 2016, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:42 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 13, 2016, 3:59 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:42 AM

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