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Ubuntu 15.04 LTS: USN-2710-1 Vulnerability: OpenSSL Information Leak

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Calendar Grey July 30, 2015
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SQLite vulnerabilities lead to potential crashes and code execution risks in Ubuntu systems. Ensure updates are applied promptly.
SQLite could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted queries.

Summary

SQLite could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially

crafted queries.

Software Description:

- sqlite3: C library that implements an SQL database engine

Details:

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled skip-scan optimization.

An attacker could use this issue to cause applications using SQLite to

crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary

code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-7443)

Michal Zalewski discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled dequoting of

collation-sequence names. An attacker could use this issue to cause

applications using SQLite to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or

possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

and Ubuntu 15.04. (CVE-2015-3414)

Michal Zalewski discovered that SQLite incorrectly implemented comparison

operators. An attacker could use this issue to cause applications using

SQLite to crash, resulting in a denial o...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu application crash SQLite

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 15.04:
  libsqlite3-0                    3.8.7.4-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libsqlite3-0                    3.8.2-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libsqlite3-0                    3.7.9-2ubuntu1.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2698-1

CVE-2013-7443, CVE-2015-3414, CVE-2015-3415, CVE-2015-3416

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July 30, 2015

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu application crash SQLite

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sqlite3/3.8.7.4-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sqlite3/3.8.2-1ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sqlite3/3.7.9-2ubuntu1.2

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