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Pardus: [UPDATE] Sqlite: Information
Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
A vulnerability has been found in sqlite, which can be exploited by malicious people to gather deleted information on sqlite database. [UPDATE] The issue is fixed in Pardus 2008
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Pardus Linux Security Advisory 2010-18 security@pardus.org.tr
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Date: 2010-02-04
Severity: 3
Type: Local
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Summary
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A vulnerability has been found in sqlite, which can be exploited by
malicious people to gather deleted information on sqlite database.
[UPDATE] The issue is fixed in Pardus 2008
Description
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Sqlite leaves a trace on the disk when using DELETE query. Although the
deleted information cannot be seen with sqlite query, it can be seen
with a text editor.
This applies to all applications which use sqlite. For example, when
Firefox clear private data feature is used, the deleted history data can
be seen in "~/.mozilla/*.default/places.sqlite" with a text editor.
Affected packages:
Pardus 2009:
sqlite, all before 3.6.20-21-9
Pardus 2008:
sqlite, all before 3.5.9-17-5
Resolution
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There are update(s) for sqlite. You can update them via Package Manager
or with a single command from console:
Pardus 2008:
pisi up sqlite
Pardus 2009:
pisi up sqlite
References
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* http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=12137
* http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=566326