CVE-2008-1880

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-05-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

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.

Affected products

Firebird: through 2.0.3.12981.0; 2.0.3.12981.0

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216158
http://secunia.com/advisories/30162
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-06.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29123
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42299
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216158
http://secunia.com/advisories/30162
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-06.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29123
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42299

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