SB2019051006 - OpenSUSE Linux update for sqlite3

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SB2019051006 - OpenSUSE Linux update for sqlite3

Published: May 10, 2019 Updated: May 11, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019051006
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9936)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the fts5HashEntrySort in sqlite3.c when running fts5 prefix queries inside a transaction. A remote user with ability to send queries can trigger heap-based buffer over-read error and read contents of memory on the system.


2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9937)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dreference error when processing interleaving reads and writes in a single transaction with an fts5 virtual table in fts5ChunkIterate in sqlite3.c. This is related to ext/fts5/fts5_hash.c and ext/fts5/fts5_index.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References