USN-4205-1: SQLite vulnerabilities

USN-4205-1: SQLite vulnerabilities

sqlite3 vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 19.10
• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

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 schemas.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-8740)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain schemas.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 19.04.
(CVE-2019-16168)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain schemas.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to mishandles some expressions.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 19.04 and Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2019-19242)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain queries.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 19.04 and Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2019-19244)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain SQL commands.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 19.04. (CVE-2019-5018)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain commands. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2019-5827)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.10

libsqlite3-0 – 3.29.0-2ubuntu0.1

sqlite3 – 3.29.0-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 19.04

libsqlite3-0 – 3.27.2-2ubuntu0.2

sqlite3 – 3.27.2-2ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

libsqlite3-0 – 3.22.0-1ubuntu0.2

sqlite3 – 3.22.0-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

libsqlite3-0 – 3.11.0-1ubuntu1.3

sqlite3 – 3.11.0-1ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

libsqlite3-0 – 3.7.9-2ubuntu1.4

sqlite3 – 3.7.9-2ubuntu1.4

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References

• CVE-2018-8740
• CVE-2019-16168
• CVE-2019-19242
• CVE-2019-19244
• CVE-2019-5018
• CVE-2019-5827

Source: USN-4205-1: SQLite vulnerabilities