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Fedora 24: sqlite Buffer Overflow Fix - Critical Security Update

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Calendar Grey July 17, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Vital patch applied to rectify heap-buffer overflow issue in sqlite's computeNodeSize function, safeguarding overall server stability.
Security fix for CVE-2017-10989: Heap-buffer overflow in the getNodeSize function

Summary

SQLite is a C library that implements an SQL database engine. A large

subset of SQL92 is supported. A complete database is stored in a

single disk file. The API is designed for convenience and ease of use.

Applications that link against SQLite can enjoy the power and

flexibility of an SQL database without the administrative hassles of

supporting a separate database server. Version 2 and version 3 binaries

are named to permit each to be installed on a single host

Security fix for CVE-2017-10989: Heap-buffer overflow in the getNodeSize

function

[ 1 ] Bug #1469672 - CVE-2017-10989 sqlite: Heap-buffer overflow in the getNodeSize function

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1469672

su -c 'dnf upgrade sqlite' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the

GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

https://fedoraproject.org/security/

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Change Log

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Update Instructions

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Product: Fedora 24
Version: 3.13.0
Release: 2.fc24
Summary: Library that implements an embeddable SQL database engine

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