CVE-2019-8457 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2019-8457: SQLite3 from 3.6.0 to and including 3.27.2 is vulnerable to heap out-of-bound read in the rtreenode() function when handling invalid rtree tables.

Affects 8 Linux releases across 10 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2019-8457 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

sqlite3→ fixed in3.27.2-3urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y sqlite3
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

db5.3→ fixed in5.3.28+dfsg1-0.9urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y db5.3
```
sqlite3→ fixed in3.27.2-3urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y sqlite3
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

db5.3→ fixed in5.3.28+dfsg1-0.9urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y db5.3
```
sqlite3→ fixed in3.27.2-3urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y sqlite3
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

sqlite→ fixed in3.28.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade sqlite
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

sqlite→ fixed in3.28.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade sqlite
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

sqlite→ fixed in3.28.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade sqlite
```

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

sqlite→ fixed in3.28.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade sqlite
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

sqlite→ fixed in3.28.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade sqlite
```

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