Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: USN-7528-1 critical: sqlite3 DoS risk

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May 22, 2025

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 the concat_ws() function.

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 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.10. (CVE-2025-29087,

CVE-2025-3277)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain argument values

to sqlite3_db_config(). An attacker could use this issue to cause SQLite to

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

code. (CVE-2025-29088)

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update Ubuntu software issue sqlite

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 25.04
   libsqlite3-0                    3.46.1-3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 24.10
   libsqlite3-0                    3.46.1-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   libsqlite3-0                    3.45.1-1ubuntu2.3

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   libsqlite3-0                    3.37.2-2ubuntu0.4

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   libsqlite3-0                    3.31.1-4ubuntu0.7

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