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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: 5615-1 Critical: SQLite Service DoS and Code Exec

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Calendar Grey September 15, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Mitigate various SQLite weaknesses through Ubuntu patches to uphold overall system security.
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 INTERSEC query

processing. An attacker could use this issue to cause SQLite to crash,

resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

(CVE-2020-35525)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled ALTER TABLE for views

that have a nested FROM clause. An attacker could use this issue to cause

SQLite to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute

arbitrary code. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

(CVE-2020-35527)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled embedded null characters

when tokenizing certain unicode strings. This issue could result in

incorrect results. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

(CVE-2021-20223)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical code execution ubuntu sqlite

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  sqlite3                         3.31.1-4ubuntu0.4

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  sqlite3                         3.22.0-1ubuntu0.6

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5615-1

CVE-2020-35525, CVE-2020-35527, CVE-2021-20223

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September 15, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical code execution ubuntu sqlite

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sqlite3/3.31.1-4ubuntu0.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sqlite3/3.22.0-1ubuntu0.6

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