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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-20227: Use After Free

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 23, 2021
Added
Mar 26, 2024
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in SQLite's SELECT query functionality (src/select.c). This flaw allows an attacker who is capable of running SQL queries locally on the SQLite database to cause a denial of service or possible code execution by triggering a use-after-free. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-sqlite
Title
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