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Ubuntu 19.04 LTS: USN-4019-1 Critical: SQLite Vulnerabilities Addressed

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Calendar Grey June 19, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Numerous SQLite security concerns resolved in Ubuntu: remote code execution, information exposure, and denial of service vulnerabilities mitigated.
Several security issues were fixed in SQLite.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in SQLite.

Software Description:

- sqlite3: C library that implements an SQL database engine

Details:

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain SQL files.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code

or cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04

LTS. (CVE-2017-2518, CVE-2017-2520)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain queries.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2018-20505)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain queries.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and

Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2018-20346, CVE-2018-20506)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain inputs.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.

(CVE-2019-8...

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.04:
  libsqlite3-0                    3.27.2-2ubuntu0.1
  sqlite3                         3.27.2-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.10:
  libsqlite3-0                    3.24.0-1ubuntu0.1
  sqlite3                         3.24.0-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libsqlite3-0                    3.22.0-1ubuntu0.1
  sqlite3                         3.22.0-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libsqlite3-0                    3.11.0-1ubuntu1.2
  sqlite3                         3.11.0-1ubuntu1.2

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4019-1

CVE-2016-6153, CVE-2017-10989, CVE-2017-13685, CVE-2017-2518,

CVE-2017-2519, CVE-2017-2520, CVE-2018-20346, CVE-2018-20505,

CVE-2018-20506, CVE-2019-8457, CVE-2019-9936, CVE-2019-9937

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June 19, 2019

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