sqlite3 vulnerabilities

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-2518   CVE-2017-2520   CVE-2018-20505   CVE-2018-20346   CVE-2018-20506   CVE-2019-8457   CVE-2019-9936   CVE-2019-9937   CVE-2016-6153   CVE-2017-10989   CVE-2017-13685   CVE-2017-2519  

Several security issues were fixed in SQLite.

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain SQL files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-2518, CVE-2017-2520)

19 June 2019

sqlite3 vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 19.04
  • Ubuntu 18.10
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in SQLite.

Software Description

  • sqlite3 - C library that implements an SQL database engine

Details

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain SQL files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-2518, CVE-2017-2520)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain queries. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2018-20505)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain queries. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2018-20346, CVE-2018-20506)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. (CVE-2019-8457)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain queries. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2019-9936)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2019-9937)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-6153)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain databases. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-10989)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-13685)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain queries. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-2519)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04
libsqlite3-0 - 3.27.2-2ubuntu0.1
sqlite3 - 3.27.2-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.10
libsqlite3-0 - 3.24.0-1ubuntu0.1
sqlite3 - 3.24.0-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libsqlite3-0 - 3.22.0-1ubuntu0.1
sqlite3 - 3.22.0-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libsqlite3-0 - 3.11.0-1ubuntu1.2
sqlite3 - 3.11.0-1ubuntu1.2

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References