CVE-2008-1880

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-255 Credentials Management

Publication date:

12/05/2008

Last modified:

09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux::::::::
cpe:2.3:a:firebird:firebird::r5::::::*		2.0.3.12981.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:firebird:firebird:2.0.3.12981.0:::::::*

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CVE-2008-1880

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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