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Fedora 28: FEDORA-2018-5f91fbf4fd Critical: sqlite FTS3 Exploit

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Urgent security patch released for Fedora 28 sqlite correcting fts3/4 database corruption vulnerability. Apply update without delay for enhanced security.
Security fix for fts3/4 corrupt database exploit

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 fts3/4 corrupt database exploit

* Mon Dec 17 2018 Petr Kubat - 3.22.0-5

- Fixed fts3/4 corrupt database exploit (#1659677)

[ 1 ] Bug #1659379 - sqlite: Multiple flaws in sqlite which can be triggered via corrupted internal databases (Magellan)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1659379

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2018-5f91fbf4fd' at the command

line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

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

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Product: Fedora 28
Version: 3.22.0
Release: 5.fc28
Summary: Library that implements an embeddable SQL database engine

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