Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package firebird2.5  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1610-FIREBIRD25-622838
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed13 Jan 2016

Introduced: 13 Jan 2016

CVE-2016-1569  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firebird2.5 package and not the firebird2.5 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.