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[USN-2698-1] SQLite vulnerabilities

Posted on 30 July 2015
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2698-1
July 30, 2015

sqlite3 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

SQLite could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially
crafted queries.

Software Description:
- sqlite3: C library that implements an SQL database engine

Details:

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled skip-scan optimization.=

An attacker could use this issue to cause applications using SQLite to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-7443)

Michal Zalewski discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled dequoting of
collation-sequence names. An attacker could use this issue to cause
applications using SQLite to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LT=
S
and Ubuntu 15.04. (CVE-2015-3414)

Michal Zalewski discovered that SQLite incorrectly implemented comparison=

operators. An attacker could use this issue to cause applications using
SQLite to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 15.04. (CVE-2015-3415)

Michal Zalewski discovered that SQLite incorrectly handle printf precisio=
n
and width values during floating-point conversions. An attacker could use=

this issue to cause applications using SQLite to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-3416)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 15.04:
libsqlite3-0 3.8.7.4-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libsqlite3-0 3.8.2-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libsqlite3-0 3.7.9-2ubuntu1.2

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


References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2698-1
CVE-2013-7443, CVE-2015-3414, CVE-2015-3415, CVE-2015-3416

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sqlite3/3.8.7.4-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sqlite3/3.8.2-1ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sqlite3/3.7.9-2ubuntu1.2

 

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