CVE-2019-16168 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service in applications using SQLite by triggering a division by zero error in the query planner via a malformed stat field.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-16168?
CVE-2019-16168 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 9 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In SQLite through 3.29.0, whereLoopAddBtreeIndex in sqlite3.c can crash a browser or other application because of missing validation of a sqlite_stat1 sz field, aka a "severe division by zero in the query planner."
Weakness: CWE-369
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-16168?
It affects 20 products.
Linux distribution packages (8)
sqlite3 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | All versions | 3.8.10.2-9.12.1 |
sqlite3 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | All versions | 3.28.0-3.9.2 |
sqlite3 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 | All versions | 3.28.0-3.9.2 |
sqlite3 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | All versions | 3.8.10.2-9.12.1 |
sqlite3 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | All versions | 3.8.10.2-9.12.1 |
sqlite3 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 | All versions | 3.8.10.2-9.12.1 |
sqlite3 openSUSE:Leap 15.0 | All versions | 3.28.0-lp150.2.9.1 |
sqlite3 openSUSE:Leap 15.1 | All versions | 3.28.0-lp151.2.3.1 |
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Mcafee Policy Auditor, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp E-Series Santricity Os Controller and 14 more.
How do I fix CVE-2019-16168?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-16168 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16168 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2019-16168, AZL-38191, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16168, GHSA-m2vp-56p6-9q2h, SUSE-SU-2019:2533-1, SUSE-SU-2019:2536-1 and 3 more.