UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12050

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12050
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12050.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12050
Upstream
Published
2020-04-30T17:15:00Z
Modified
2026-05-20T16:04:05Z
Severity
  • 7.0 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

SQLiteODBC 0.9996, as packaged for certain Linux distributions as 0.9996-4, has a race condition leading to root privilege escalation because any user can replace a /tmp/sqliteodbc$$ file with new contents that cause loading of an arbitrary library.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
sqliteodbc

Package

Name
sqliteodbc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/sqliteodbc?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.999-1
0.9992-0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-blobtoxy",
            "binary_version": "0.9992-0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-csvtable",
            "binary_version": "0.9992-0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-impexp",
            "binary_version": "0.9992-0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-xpath",
            "binary_version": "0.9992-0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-zipfile",
            "binary_version": "0.9992-0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqliteodbc",
            "binary_version": "0.9992-0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12050.json"
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
sqliteodbc

Package

Name
sqliteodbc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/sqliteodbc?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.9995-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-blobtoxy",
            "binary_version": "0.9995-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-csvtable",
            "binary_version": "0.9995-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-impexp",
            "binary_version": "0.9995-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-xpath",
            "binary_version": "0.9995-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-zipfile",
            "binary_version": "0.9995-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqliteodbc",
            "binary_version": "0.9995-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12050.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
sqliteodbc

Package

Name
sqliteodbc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/sqliteodbc?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.9996-1
0.9996-2
0.9996-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-blobtoxy",
            "binary_version": "0.9996-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-csvtable",
            "binary_version": "0.9996-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-impexp",
            "binary_version": "0.9996-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-xpath",
            "binary_version": "0.9996-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-zipfile",
            "binary_version": "0.9996-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqliteodbc",
            "binary_version": "0.9996-3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12050.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
sqliteodbc

Package

Name
sqliteodbc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/sqliteodbc?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.9998-2
0.9998-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-blobtoxy",
            "binary_version": "0.9998-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-csvtable",
            "binary_version": "0.9998-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-impexp",
            "binary_version": "0.9998-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-xpath",
            "binary_version": "0.9998-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-zipfile",
            "binary_version": "0.9998-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqliteodbc",
            "binary_version": "0.9998-3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12050.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
sqliteodbc

Package

Name
sqliteodbc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/sqliteodbc?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.9998-3
0.9999-2
0.99991-1
0.99991-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-blobtoxy",
            "binary_version": "0.99991-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-csvtable",
            "binary_version": "0.99991-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-impexp",
            "binary_version": "0.99991-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-xpath",
            "binary_version": "0.99991-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-zipfile",
            "binary_version": "0.99991-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqliteodbc",
            "binary_version": "0.99991-1build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12050.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
sqliteodbc

Package

Name
sqliteodbc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/sqliteodbc?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.99991-2
0.99991-2build1
0.99991-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-blobtoxy",
            "binary_version": "0.99991-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-csvtable",
            "binary_version": "0.99991-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-impexp",
            "binary_version": "0.99991-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-xpath",
            "binary_version": "0.99991-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-zipfile",
            "binary_version": "0.99991-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqliteodbc",
            "binary_version": "0.99991-3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12050.json"
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
sqliteodbc

Package

Name
sqliteodbc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/sqliteodbc?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.99991-3
0.99991-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-blobtoxy",
            "binary_version": "0.99991-5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-csvtable",
            "binary_version": "0.99991-5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-impexp",
            "binary_version": "0.99991-5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-xpath",
            "binary_version": "0.99991-5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-zipfile",
            "binary_version": "0.99991-5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsqliteodbc",
            "binary_version": "0.99991-5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12050.json"