ubuntu-cve-2016-6153
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-09-26 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

os_unix.c in SQLite before 3.13.0 improperly implements the temporary directory search algorithm, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (application crash), or have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of the current working directory for temporary files.

Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
N/A (UNKNOWN)
negligible
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "lemon",
            "binary_version": "3.8.2-1ubuntu2.2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-0",
            "binary_version": "3.8.2-1ubuntu2.2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-tcl",
            "binary_version": "3.8.2-1ubuntu2.2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "sqlite3",
            "binary_version": "3.8.2-1ubuntu2.2+esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "sqlite3",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/sqlite3@3.8.2-1ubuntu2.2+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty/esm"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.8.2-1ubuntu2.2+esm1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.7.17-1ubuntu1",
        "3.8.0.2-1ubuntu1",
        "3.8.1-1ubuntu1",
        "3.8.1-1ubuntu3",
        "3.8.2-1ubuntu1",
        "3.8.2-1ubuntu2",
        "3.8.2-1ubuntu2.1",
        "3.8.2-1ubuntu2.2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "lemon",
            "binary_version": "3.11.0-1ubuntu1.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-0",
            "binary_version": "3.11.0-1ubuntu1.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-tcl",
            "binary_version": "3.11.0-1ubuntu1.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "sqlite3",
            "binary_version": "3.11.0-1ubuntu1.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "sqlite3",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/sqlite3@3.11.0-1ubuntu1.2?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.11.0-1ubuntu1.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.8.11.1-1",
        "3.9.1-2",
        "3.9.2-1",
        "3.10.0-1",
        "3.10.1-1",
        "3.10.2-1",
        "3.11.0-1ubuntu1",
        "3.11.0-1ubuntu1.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "os_unix.c in SQLite before 3.13.0 improperly implements the temporary directory search algorithm, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (application crash), or have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of the current working directory for temporary files.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6153",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:01Z",
  "published": "2016-09-26T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6153"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2016-003.txt"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_13_0.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4019-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4019-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6153"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-4019-1",
    "USN-4019-2"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "negligible",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-6153"
  ]
}



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