CVE-2006-7211 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Firebird 1.5, where the fb_lock_mgr component uses weak permissions (0666) for its semaphore array. This allows local attackers to block query processing by locking semaphores, leading to service disruption. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C), indicating a low attack complexity and local access requirement, with a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:firebirdsql:firebird:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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