Borland Interbase Database Name memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Borland Interbase and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Database Name Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2004-2043. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Borland Interbase (Database Software) (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Database Name Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 06/02/2004 by Aviram Jenik (KF) (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-2043. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 12246 (Firebird DB Remote Database Name Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Databases.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16316), Exploit-DB (303), Tenable (12246), SecurityFocus (BID 10446†) and OSVDB (6624†). See VDB-21809 for similar entry. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 12246
Nessus Name: Firebird DB Remote Database Name Overflow
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OpenVAS ID: 56466
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1014-1 (firebird2)
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05/01/2004 🔍
06/01/2004 +31 days 🔍
06/02/2004 +1 days 🔍
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05/04/2005 +334 days 🔍
04/11/2016 +3995 days 🔍
04/09/2025 +3285 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Aviram Jenik (KF)
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-2043 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2043
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-82043
X-Force: 16316
SecurityFocus: 10446 - Firebird Remote Pre-Authentication Database Name Buffer Overrun Vulnerability
Secunia: 11756
OSVDB: 6624 - Borland Interbase Database Name Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1010381
Vulnerability Center: 4368

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/11/2016 22:41
Updated: 04/09/2025 21:23
Changes: 04/11/2016 22:41 (59), 10/03/2018 10:38 (11), 07/13/2022 13:17 (4), 07/13/2022 13:22 (1), 07/01/2024 23:31 (16), 04/09/2025 21:23 (5)
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