Fedora 27 update for sqlite



| Updated: 2025-04-24
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
CVE-ID CVE-2017-13685
CVE-2017-15286
CWE-ID CWE-20
CWE-476
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available.
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

sqlite
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU18960

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13685

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the "dump_callback" function. A local user can submit malicious input and cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on a targeted system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 27

sqlite: before 3.20.1-3.fc27

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-8d8f0e1643


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

2) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU33221

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15286

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in tableColumnList in shell.c because it fails to consider certain cases where `sqlite3_step(pStmt)==SQLITE_ROW` is false and a data structure is never initialized. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 27

sqlite: before 3.20.1-3.fc27

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-8d8f0e1643


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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