Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 12, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2008-1880

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

Firebirdsql/Firebird2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:firebird:firebird:2.0.3.12981.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:firebird:firebird:2.0.3.12981.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:firebird:firebird:*:r5:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.0.3.12981.0

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

secunia.com/advisories/30162nvdVendor Advisory
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-06.xmlnvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/29123nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42299nvd

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