CVE-2006-7211 Information

Description

fb_lock_mgr in Firebird 1.5 uses weak permissions (0666) for the semaphore array which allows local users to cause a denial of service (blocked query processing) by locking semaphores.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/29501 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1529 http://www.firebirdsql.org/rlsnotes/Firebird-2.0-ReleaseNotes.pdf http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28474