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USN-4019-1: SQLite vulnerabilities

19 June 2019

Several security issues were fixed in SQLite.

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Releases

Packages

  • sqlite3 - C library that implements an SQL database engine

Details

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain SQL files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code
or cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04
LTS. (CVE-2017-2518, CVE-2017-2520)

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 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2018-20505)

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 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2018-20346, CVE-2018-20506)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.
(CVE-2019-8457)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain queries.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10.
(CVE-2019-9936)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
and Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2019-9937)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-6153)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain databases.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-10989)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-13685)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain queries.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or
cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2017-2519)

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Ubuntu Pro provides ten-year security coverage to 25,000+ packages in Main and Universe repositories, and it is free for up to five machines.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.04
Ubuntu 18.10
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

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

Related notices

  • USN-4019-2: libsqlite3-0, sqlite3, lemon, libsqlite3-dev, sqlite3-doc, libsqlite3-tcl
  • USN-4004-2: libdb5.3-stl, libdb5.3-tcl, db5.3-util, db5.3-sql-util, libdb5.3++, libdb5.3++-dev, libdb5.3-sql, libdb5.3-java-dev, libdb5.3-java, libdb5.3-sql-dev, libdb5.3-java-jni, libdb5.3-dev, libdb5.3-stl-dev, libdb5.3-java-gcj, db5.3-doc, libdb5.3, db5.3
  • USN-4004-1: libdb5.3-stl, libdb5.3-tcl, db5.3-util, db5.3-sql-util, libdb5.3++, libdb5.3++-dev, libdb5.3-sql, libdb5.3-java-dev, libdb5.3-java, libdb5.3-sql-dev, libdb5.3-java-jni, libdb5.3-dev, libdb5.3-stl-dev, libdb5.3-java-gcj, db5.3-doc, libdb5.3, db5.3