MGASA-2023-0208 - Updated sqlite packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 28 Jun 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0208.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2016-6153,
     CVE-2018-8740

os_unix.c in SQLite before 3.13.0 improperly implements the temporary
directory search algorithm, which might allow local users to obtain
sensitive information, cause a denial of service (application crash), or
have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of the current working
directory for temporary files. (CVE-2016-6153)
In SQLite through 3.22.0, databases whose schema is corrupted using a
CREATE TABLE AS statement could cause a NULL pointer dereference,
related to build.c and prepare (CVE-2018-8740)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32018
- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3431
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6153
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8740

SRPMS:
- 8/core/sqlite-2.8.17-26.1.mga8

Mageia 2023-0208: sqlite security update

os_unix.c in SQLite before 3.13.0 improperly implements the temporary directory search algorithm, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of s...

Summary

os_unix.c in SQLite before 3.13.0 improperly implements the temporary directory search algorithm, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (application crash), or have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of the current working directory for temporary files. (CVE-2016-6153) In SQLite through 3.22.0, databases whose schema is corrupted using a CREATE TABLE AS statement could cause a NULL pointer dereference, related to build.c and prepare (CVE-2018-8740)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32018

- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3431

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6153

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8740

Resolution

MGASA-2023-0208 - Updated sqlite packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/sqlite-2.8.17-26.1.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 28 Jun 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0208.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2016-6153, CVE-2018-8740

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