============================================================================ Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2698-1 July 30, 2015 sqlite3 vulnerabilities ============================================================================ 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 LTS 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 precision 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