full-disclosure - Re: [FD] several issues in SQLite (+ catching up on several other bugs)

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Message-ID: <552D5EB7.2010701@redbarn.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:38:47 -0700
From: Paul Vixie <paul@...barn.org>
To: Michal Zalewski <lcamtuf@...edump.cx>
Cc: "fulldisclosure@...lists.org" <fulldisclosure@...lists.org>,
	bugtraq <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>
Subject: Re: [FD] several issues in SQLite (+ catching up on several other
 bugs)

Michal Zalewski wrote:
> ...
> Because of its versatility, SQLite sometimes finds use as the
> mechanism behind SQL-style query APIs that are exposed between
> privileged execution contexts and less-trusted code. One example of
> this is the WebDB / WebSQL mechanism available in some browsers; in
> this setting, vulnerabilities in the SQLite parser can open up the
> platform to attacks.
>
> Anyway, long story short, I recently reported around 22 bugs in the
> query parser, including the use of uninitialized memory when parsing
> collation sequences: ...

thanks for this work, and this report.

if anyone has a pointy-haired-boss who wonders about the impact of this
disclosure, i offer:

http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2721993

-- 
Paul Vixie

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