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Ubuntu 20.04: Critical SQLite DoS Vulnerability USN-7679-1 CVE-2025-6965

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Calendar Grey July 30, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple SQLite vulnerabilities addressed in Ubuntu versions, notably including the 20.04 LTS and former iterations. Immediate patches required.
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 aggregate terms. An

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

denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-6965)

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. This update fixes the issue in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This issue was previously fixed in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS via

USN-7528-1. (CVE-2025-29088)

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Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu important service denial attack surface sqlite3

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  libsqlite3-0                    3.31.1-4ubuntu0.7+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  libsqlite3-0                    3.22.0-1ubuntu0.7+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  libsqlite3-0                    3.11.0-1ubuntu1.5+esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  libsqlite3-0                    3.8.2-1ubuntu2.2+esm5
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7679-1

CVE-2025-29088, CVE-2025-6965

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7679-1

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