USN-2698-1: SQLite vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2698-1

30th July, 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 version:

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

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-2013-7443,

CVE-2015-3414,

CVE-2015-3415,

CVE-2015-3416