# CVE-2007-4992: Stack-based buffer overflow in the process\_packet function in fbserver.exe in Firebird SQL 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrar

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-10-11 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the process_packet function in fbserver.exe in Firebird SQL 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long request to TCP port 3050.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37079
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018802
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26011
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-06.xml
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195569
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-057.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27982
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482025/100/0/threaded
- http://www.firebirdsql.org/rlsnotes/Firebird-2.0.3-ReleaseNotes.pdf

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