Several security issues were fixed in SQLite.
It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain schemas. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-8740)
2 December 2019
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in SQLite.
It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain schemas. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-8740)
It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain schemas. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 19.04. (CVE-2019-16168)
It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain schemas. An attacker could possibly use this issue to mishandles some expressions. This issue only affected Ubuntu 19.04 and Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2019-19242)
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 19.04 and Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2019-19244)
It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain SQL commands. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 19.04. (CVE-2019-5018)
It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain commands. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-5827)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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.
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