diff --git a/extra/dbwire/cubrid.py b/extra/dbwire/cubrid.py
index 750d7578b..4aba46131 100644
--- a/extra/dbwire/cubrid.py
+++ b/extra/dbwire/cubrid.py
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ class _Reader(object):
         v = struct.unpack_from(">d", self._buf, self._off)[0]; self._off += 8; return v
 
     def raw(self, n):
+        # a slice past the end returns short data *silently*, which would hand a truncated value to the
+        # caller (the fixed-width readers above raise struct.error instead)
+        if n < 0 or n > self.remaining():
+            raise InterfaceError("CAS response too short (wanted %d of %d bytes)" % (n, self.remaining()))
         v = self._buf[self._off:self._off + n]; self._off += n; return bytes(v)
 
     def skip(self, n):
@@ -371,9 +375,15 @@ class Connection(object):
         reader.byte()                # is_updatable
         columns = self._parse_columns(reader, reader.int())
 
+        # args: handle, flag, max_col_size, max_row, binds, fetch_flag, auto_commit, forward_only_cursor,
+        # cache_time, query_timeout. auto_commit makes the CAS worker commit the statement and end the
+        # transaction - without it DML is rolled back when the connection drops, whatever _open() asked
+        # SET_DB_PARAMETER for. It must stay off for a SELECT: ending the transaction there invalidates the
+        # request handle the paged _fetch_remaining() still reads from.
+        select = stmt_type == _STMT_SELECT
         exec_writer = (_Writer(_FC_EXECUTE).arg_int(handle).arg_byte(0).arg_int(0).arg_int(0)
-                       .arg_null().arg_byte(1 if stmt_type == _STMT_SELECT else 0)
-                       .arg_byte(0).arg_byte(1).arg_cache_time().arg_int(0))
+                       .arg_null().arg_byte(1 if select else 0)
+                       .arg_byte(0 if select else 1).arg_byte(1).arg_cache_time().arg_int(0))
         reader = self._call(exec_writer)
 
         total = reader.int()
diff --git a/extra/dbwire/firebird.py b/extra/dbwire/firebird.py
index a7a56da2e..218fbf46a 100644
--- a/extra/dbwire/firebird.py
+++ b/extra/dbwire/firebird.py
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ _GDS_INTEGRITY = frozenset((335544838, 335544879, 335544880, 335544466, 33554466
 _GDS_DATA = frozenset((335544321,))
 _GDS_WARNING = 335544434
 
+_MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH = 0x40000000  # cap on a wire-supplied length, to bound a hostile/corrupt stream
+
 # SRP-6a group used by Firebird (fixed 1024-bit prime, generator 2)
 _SRP_N = int("E67D2E994B2F900C3F41F08F5BB2627ED0D49EE1FE767A52EFCD565CD6E768812C3E1E9CE8F0A8BEA6CB13CD29DDE"
              "BF7A96D4A93B55D488DF099A15C89DCB0640738EB2CBDD9A8F7BAB561AB1B0DC1C6CDABF303264A08D1BCA932D1F"
@@ -306,6 +308,10 @@ class _Wire(object):
         return buf
 
     def recv(self, n, align=False):
+        # every length here comes off the wire (response buffers, status strings, per-value lengths): a
+        # negative one would silently return short data, a huge one would read until memory ran out
+        if n < 0 or n > _MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH:
+            raise InterfaceError("invalid Firebird length (%d)" % n)
         total = n + ((4 - n % 4) % 4) if align else n
         data = self._recv_raw(total)
         if self._rc:
diff --git a/extra/dbwire/monetdb.py b/extra/dbwire/monetdb.py
index 90dd4451f..b51b031a3 100644
--- a/extra/dbwire/monetdb.py
+++ b/extra/dbwire/monetdb.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from extra.dbwire import keepalive
 from extra.dbwire import ProgrammingError
 
 _MAX_BLOCK = 0xffff >> 1
+_MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH = 0x40000000  # cap on a (re-assembled) response, to bound a hostile/corrupt stream
 
 def _recvn(sock, n):
     buf = b""
@@ -41,14 +42,19 @@ def _recvn(sock, n):
     return buf
 
 def _getblock(sock):
-    out = b""
+    # the block length is a 15-bit field, so bounding IT is pointless - a peer that never sets the last-flag
+    # simply streams blocks forever. Bound the accumulated response instead (as the other wire modules do).
+    chunks, total = [], 0
     while True:
         (header,) = struct.unpack("<H", _recvn(sock, 2))
         length, last = header >> 1, header & 1
-        out += _recvn(sock, length)
+        total += length
+        if total > _MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH:
+            raise InterfaceError("backend message too large (%d bytes)" % total)
+        chunks.append(_recvn(sock, length))
         if last:
             break
-    return out.decode("utf-8", "replace")
+    return b"".join(chunks).decode("utf-8", "replace")
 
 def _putblock(sock, text):
     data = text.encode("utf-8")
diff --git a/extra/dbwire/postgres.py b/extra/dbwire/postgres.py
index 8402095ab..db576122e 100644
--- a/extra/dbwire/postgres.py
+++ b/extra/dbwire/postgres.py
@@ -321,9 +321,9 @@ def connect(host=None, port=5432, user=None, password=None, database=None, conne
     for key, value in (("user", user or ""), ("database", database or user or ""), ("client_encoding", "UTF8")):
         params += key.encode("ascii") + b"\x00" + ("%s" % value).encode("utf-8") + b"\x00"
     params += b"\x00"
-    _send(sock, b"", struct.pack("!I", _PROTOCOL_VERSION) + params)
 
     try:
+        _send(sock, b"", struct.pack("!I", _PROTOCOL_VERSION) + params)  # StartupMessage
         _authenticate(sock, user, password)
         while True:  # drain until ReadyForQuery (ParameterStatus/BackendKeyData/NoticeResponse)
             mtype, payload = _read_message(sock)
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 6b3bf99b1..fd0ba8019 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.10.8.29"
+VERSION = "1.10.8.30"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
diff --git a/tests/test_dbwire.py b/tests/test_dbwire.py
index 57dd32a88..2d3b68370 100644
--- a/tests/test_dbwire.py
+++ b/tests/test_dbwire.py
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ bootstrap()
 
 import extra.dbwire as dbwire
 from extra.dbwire import connection_lost
+from extra.dbwire import cubrid as _cubrid
+from extra.dbwire import firebird as _firebird
 from extra.dbwire import http_origin
+from extra.dbwire import monetdb as _monetdb
 from extra.dbwire import mysql as _mysql
 from extra.dbwire import postgres as _postgres
 from extra.dbwire import presto as _presto
@@ -314,6 +317,76 @@ class TrinoSessionStateTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertNotIn("X-Presto-Schema", c._headers)
 
 
+class CubridAutoCommitTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    """CUBRID has no server-side autocommit switch that outlives a statement: the EXECUTE request carries
+    its own auto_commit byte, and a statement sent with it clear is rolled back when the CAS worker goes
+    away. It must stay clear for a SELECT, whose request handle the paged fetch still reads from."""
+
+    def _auto_commit_byte(self, stmt_type):
+        connection = object.__new__(_cubrid.Connection)
+        connection._protocol_version = 8
+        connection._sock = None
+        sent = []
+
+        def _call(writer):
+            sent.append(writer.payload())
+            # EXECUTE response: total(4) cache_reusable(1) result_count(4) includes_column_info(1) shard_id(4)
+            return _cubrid._Reader(struct.pack(">iBiBi", 0, 0, 0, 0, 0))
+
+        connection._call = _call
+        prepare = _cubrid._Reader(struct.pack(">iBiBi", 0, stmt_type, 0, 0, 0))
+        connection._execute(1, prepare)
+
+        args, off = [], 1                       # skip the function code, then walk [len(4)][value] args
+        payload = sent[0]
+        while off < len(payload):
+            (length,) = struct.unpack(">i", payload[off:off + 4])
+            args.append(payload[off + 4:off + 4 + length])
+            off += 4 + length
+        return bytearray(args[6])[0]            # handle, flag, max_col_size, max_row, binds, fetch, auto_commit
+
+    def test_dml_is_committed_by_the_execute_request(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self._auto_commit_byte(_cubrid._STMT_SELECT + 1), 1)
+
+    def test_select_does_not_end_the_transaction(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self._auto_commit_byte(_cubrid._STMT_SELECT), 0)
+
+
+class BoundedReadTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    """A length taken off the wire is attacker/corruption controlled: unchecked, it either reads until
+    memory runs out or (on a short buffer) hands back silently truncated data."""
+
+    def test_cubrid_short_response_is_not_silently_truncated(self):
+        reader = _cubrid._Reader(b"AB")
+        self.assertRaises(dbwire.InterfaceError, reader.raw, 8)
+        self.assertRaises(dbwire.InterfaceError, reader.raw, -1)
+
+    def test_firebird_rejects_an_out_of_range_length(self):
+        wire = _firebird._Wire(FakeSocket())
+        self.assertRaises(dbwire.InterfaceError, wire.recv, -1)
+        self.assertRaises(dbwire.InterfaceError, wire.recv, _firebird._MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH + 1)
+
+    def test_monetdb_unterminated_block_stream_is_bounded(self):
+        """The MAPI block length is a 15-bit field, so only the accumulated response can be bounded."""
+
+        block = struct.pack("<H", (4000 << 1) | 0) + b"A" * 4000       # last-flag clear -> never ends
+        sock = FakeSocket(block * 32)
+        original = sock.recv
+
+        def recv(count):
+            if not sock.inbound:
+                sock.feed(block * 32)
+            return original(count)
+
+        sock.recv = recv
+        saved = _monetdb._MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH
+        try:
+            _monetdb._MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH = 100000
+            self.assertRaises(dbwire.InterfaceError, _monetdb._getblock, sock)
+        finally:
+            _monetdb._MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH = saved
+
+
 class HelperTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_socket_failure_maps_into_the_dbapi_hierarchy(self):
         """Callers of a PEP 249 driver only catch Error and its subclasses."""