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Ubuntu 19.10: USN-4298-1 Critical: SQLite Denial Of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey March 10, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The latest Ubuntu versions have implemented significant enhancements in SQLite, improving defenses against potential vulnerabilities.
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 shadow tables. An

attacker could use this issue to cause SQLite to crash, resulting in a

denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-13734,

CVE-2019-13750, CVE-2019-13753)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain corrupt records.

An attacker could use this issue to cause SQLite to crash, resulting in a

denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-13751)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain queries. An

attacker could use this issue to cause SQLite to crash, resulting in a

denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only

affected Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2019-19880)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain queries. An

attacker could use this issue to cau...

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.10:
  libsqlite3-0                    3.29.0-2ubuntu0.2
  sqlite3                         3.29.0-2ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libsqlite3-0                    3.22.0-1ubuntu0.3
  sqlite3                         3.22.0-1ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libsqlite3-0                    3.11.0-1ubuntu1.4
  sqlite3                         3.11.0-1ubuntu1.4

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4298-1

CVE-2019-13734, CVE-2019-13750, CVE-2019-13751, CVE-2019-13752,

CVE-2019-13753, CVE-2019-19880, CVE-2019-19923, CVE-2019-19924,

CVE-2019-19925, CVE-2019-19926, CVE-2019-19959, CVE-2019-20218,

CVE-2020-9327

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March 10, 2020

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sqlite3/3.29.0-2ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sqlite3/3.22.0-1ubuntu0.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sqlite3/3.11.0-1ubuntu1.4

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