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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : SQLite vulnerability (USN-5615-3)

high Nessus Plugin ID 201117

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5615-3 advisory.

 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5615-3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 201117

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5615-3.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/27/2024

Updated: 6/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-35525

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsqlite3-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sqlite3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsqlite3-tcl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsqlite3-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lemon

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/27/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-35525

USN: 5615-3