| Name | CVE-2020-12050 |
| Description | 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$$ file with new contents that cause loading of an arbitrary library. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| sqliteodbc (PTS) | stretch | 0.9995-1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 0.9996-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 0.9998-2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 0.9998-3 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 0.99991-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| sqliteodbc | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
The issue is located in the *.spec files used for rpm packaging using insecurely
/tmp/sqliteodbc$$. Debian packaging maintainer scripts do not suffer from same
issue.