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openSUSE Security Update: firebird: fix for remote stack overflow
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2013:0504-1
Rating: important
References: #808268
Cross-References: CVE-2013-2492
Affected Products:
openSUSE 11.4
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update fixes a bug which allows an unauthenticated
remote attacker to cause a stack overflow in server code,
resulting in either server crash or even code execution as
the user running firebird.


Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE 11.4:

zypper in -t patch 2013-43

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

firebird-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
firebird-classic-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
firebird-classic-debuginfo-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
firebird-debuginfo-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
firebird-debugsource-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
firebird-devel-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
firebird-devel-debuginfo-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
firebird-doc-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
firebird-filesystem-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
firebird-superserver-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
firebird-superserver-debuginfo-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
libfbclient2-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
libfbclient2-debuginfo-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
libfbembed2-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
libfbembed2-debuginfo-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1


References:

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2492.html
https://bugzilla.novell.com/808268

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