NULL pointer dereference in SQLite - CVE-2020-9327

 

NULL pointer dereference in SQLite - CVE-2020-9327

Published: March 10, 2020 / Updated: October 28, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU25861
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9327
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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 SQLite 3.31.1, isAuxiliaryVtabOperator allows attackers to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and segmentation fault because of generated column optimizations. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

SQLite
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE MicroOS
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
HPE Helion Openstack
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
Junos OS
Junos OS Evolved
Red Hat OpenShift Serverless
Quay
OpenShift Data Foundation (formerly OpenShift Container Storage)
EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance
sqlite (Red Hat package)
libsqlite3-0
libsqlite3-0-debuginfo
sqlite3-debuginfo
sqlite3-debugsource
sqlite3
sqlite3-devel
libsqlite3-0-32bit
libsqlite3-0-32bit-debuginfo
libsqlite3-0-debuginfo-32bit
Dell EMC Data Protection Search
Autodesk Infraworks
SINEC INS
IBM QRadar Data Synchronization App
Dell EMC Unity VSA Operating Environment (OE)
Dell EMC Unity XT Operating Environment (OE)
Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment (OE)
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance

How to mitigate CVE-2020-9327

Install update from vendor's website.

SQLite - update to 3.32.0
Red Hat OpenShift Serverless - addressed in versions 1.10.2, 1.11.0, 1.12.0
EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance - update to 2.7.1
Quay - update to 3.3.3
sqlite (Red Hat package) - update to 3.26.0-11.el8
Junos OS - addressed in versions 19.3R3-S6, 19.4R2-S6, 19.4R3-S8, 20.1R3-S4, 20.2R3-S4, 20.3R3-S3
Dell EMC Data Protection Search - update to 19.6.0
Junos OS Evolved - addressed in versions 21.2R3-EVO, 21.3R3-EVO, 21.4R2-EVO, 22.1R1-EVO
Autodesk Infraworks - addressed in versions 2021.2 Hotfix 9, 2023.1 Hotfix 1
SINEC INS - update to 1.0.1.1
IBM QRadar Data Synchronization App - update to 3.0.1
libsqlite3-0 - addressed in versions 3.36.0-3.12.1, 3.36.0-9.18.1
libsqlite3-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.36.0-3.12.1, 3.36.0-9.18.1
sqlite3-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.36.0-3.12.1, 3.36.0-9.18.1
sqlite3-debugsource - addressed in versions 3.36.0-3.12.1, 3.36.0-9.18.1
sqlite3 - addressed in versions 3.36.0-3.12.1, 3.36.0-9.18.1
sqlite3-devel - addressed in versions 3.36.0-3.12.1, 3.36.0-9.18.1
libsqlite3-0-32bit - addressed in versions 3.36.0-3.12.1, 3.36.0-9.18.1
libsqlite3-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 3.36.0-3.12.1
libsqlite3-0-debuginfo-32bit - update to 3.36.0-9.18.1
Dell EMC Unity VSA Operating Environment (OE) - update to 5.2.0.0.5.173
Dell EMC Unity XT Operating Environment (OE) - update to 5.2.0.0.5.173
Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment (OE) - update to 5.2.0.0.5.173
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - update to 7.0.203

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