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Gentoo: GLSA-201507-05 Standard: SQLite Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey July 7, 2015
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
SQLite running on Gentoo Linux is susceptible to various security vulnerabilities, which attackers could exploit to initiate a Denial of Service situation.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in SQLite, allowing context-dependent attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in SQLite. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue gentoo normal sqlite

Resolution

All SQLite users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/sqlite-3.8.9"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-3414 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3414 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-3415 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3415 [ 3 ] CVE-2015-3416 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3416

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-05
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: SQLite: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 07, 2015
Bugs: #546626
ID: 201507-05

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue gentoo normal sqlite

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in SQLite, allowing context-dependent attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

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

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-db/sqlite < 3.8.9 >= 3.8.9

Impact

===== A context-dependent attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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