Vulnerability identifier: #VU23789

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19317

CWE-ID:

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability:

Vulnerable software:
SQLite
Server applications / Database software

Vendor: SQLite

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the lookupName() function in resolve.c, which leads to omitting bits from the colUsed bitmask in the case of a generated column. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

SQLite: 3.7.0 - 3.30.1

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Fixed software versions

CPE

• cpe:2.3:a:sqlite:sqlite:3.30.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links
http://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/commit/522ebfa7cee96fb325a22ea3a2464a63485886a8
http://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/commit/73bacb7f93eab9f4bd5a65cbc4ae242acf63c9e3

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?