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TITLE:
Borland Interbase 2007 Packet Processing Buffer Overflow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30299

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30299/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Borland InterBase 2007
http://secunia.com/product/14871/

DESCRIPTION:
Damian Frizza has reported a vulnerability in Borland Interbase,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) or compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error and can
be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially
crafted packet sent to default port 3050/TCP.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

NOTE: This vulnerability is reportedly related to vulnerability #1
in:
SA28596

The vulnerability is reported in Borland Interbase 2007 Service Pack
2 (8.1.0.256) on Windows and Solaris. Other versions may also be
affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict network access to the affected port.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Damian Frizza, Core Security Technologies

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
CORE-2008-0415:
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2278

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA28596:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28596

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