ubuntu-cve-2020-12050
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-04-30 17:15
Modified
2026-05-20 14:52
Summary
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.
Severity
7.0 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
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{
"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"
}
]
},
"package": {
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"name": "sqliteodbc",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/sqliteodbc@0.9992-0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"0.999-1",
"0.9992-0.1"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
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{
"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"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
"name": "sqliteodbc",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/sqliteodbc@0.9995-1?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
},
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{
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}
],
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}
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]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
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{
"binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-blobtoxy",
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},
{
"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"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
"name": "sqliteodbc",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/sqliteodbc@0.9996-3?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
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"0.9996-1",
"0.9996-2",
"0.9996-3"
]
},
{
"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",
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{
"binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-xpath",
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{
"binary_name": "libsqlite3-mod-zipfile",
"binary_version": "0.9998-3"
},
{
"binary_name": "libsqliteodbc",
"binary_version": "0.9998-3"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
"name": "sqliteodbc",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/sqliteodbc@0.9998-3?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"0.9998-2",
"0.9998-3"
]
},
{
"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"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS",
"name": "sqliteodbc",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/sqliteodbc@0.99991-1build1?arch=source\u0026distro=noble"
},
"ranges": [
{
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],
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"0.9999-2",
"0.99991-1",
"0.99991-1build1"
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},
{
"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"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10",
"name": "sqliteodbc",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/sqliteodbc@0.99991-3?arch=source\u0026distro=questing"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"0.99991-2",
"0.99991-2build1",
"0.99991-3"
]
},
{
"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"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS",
"name": "sqliteodbc",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/sqliteodbc@0.99991-5?arch=source\u0026distro=resolute"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
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],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"0.99991-3",
"0.99991-5"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"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.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12050",
"modified": "2026-05-20T14:52:06Z",
"published": "2020-04-30T17:15:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12050"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "http://www.ch-werner.de/sqliteodbc/"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1825762"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PDS5RK7F47BRXHUYRWGMGLYU2GJEVZQA/"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://sysdream.com/news/lab/"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12050"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "low",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2020-12050"
]
}
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