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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

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 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)

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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