USN-5615-3: SQLite vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• sqlite3 - C library that implements an SQL database engine

Details

USN-5615-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in SQLite. This update provides
the corresponding fix for CVE-2020-35525 for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled INTERSEC query
processing. An attacker could use this issue to cause SQLite to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2020-35525)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled ALTER TABLE for views
that have a nested FROM clause. An attacker could use this issue to cause
SQLite to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2020-35527)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled embedded null characters
when tokenizing certain unicode strings. This issue could result in
incorrect results. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2021-20223)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04

• libsqlite3-0 - 3.8.2-1ubuntu2.2+esm4
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• sqlite3 - 3.8.2-1ubuntu2.2+esm4
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

• CVE-2020-35525

Related notices

• USN-5615-1: sqlite3, libsqlite3-tcl, sqlite3-doc, libsqlite3-dev, libsqlite3-0, lemon
• USN-5615-2: sqlite3, libsqlite3-tcl, sqlite3-doc, libsqlite3-dev, libsqlite3-0, lemon