CVE-2008-1880

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2008-1880 · Published 12/05/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-1880 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting firebird (firebird).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.1%, higher than 82.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
firebird firebird	`= 2.0.3.12981.0≤ 2.0.3.12981.0`	No fix yet

Description

The default configuration of Firebird before 2.0.3.12981.0-r6 on Gentoo Linux sets the ISC_PASSWORD environment variable before starting Firebird, which allows remote attackers to bypass SYSDBA authentication and obtain sensitive database information via an empty password.

References

bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
secunia.com/advisories/30162 · Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-06.xml
securityfocus.com/bid/29123
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42299

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