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Ubuntu: USN-4732-1 (CVE-2021-20227): SQLite vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-4732-1 (CVE-2021-20227): SQLite vulnerability

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/11/2021
Created
02/17/2021
Added
02/12/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

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(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libsqlite3-0
  • ubuntu-upgrade-sqlite3

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