An information disclosure issue in the zipfileInflate function in the zipfile extension in SQLite v3.51.1 and earlier allows attackers to obtain heap memory via supplying a crafted ZIP file.

An update of the sqlite package has been released.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:1065-1 advisory.

    Update sqlite3 to 3.51.3:

    - CVE-2025-7709: Integer Overflow in FTS5 Extension (bsc#1254670).
    - CVE-2025-70873: SQLite zipfile extension may disclose uninitialized heap memory during inflation     (bsc#1259619).

    Changelog:

     * Fix the WAL-reset database corruption bug:
       https://sqlite.org/wal.html#walresetbug

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of SQLite installed on the remote host is prior to 3.51.2. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure issue where the zipfileInflate function, responsible for decompressing ZIP file contents, fails to properly validate or sanitize data during the inflation process. When processing a maliciously crafted ZIP file, the function can be manipulated to return uninitialized or adjacent heap memory contents to the caller, effectively leaking sensitive information from the application's memory space.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0955-1 advisory.

    Update to 3.51.3:

    - CVE-2025-7709: Integer Overflow in FTS5 Extension (bsc#1254670).
    - CVE-2025-70873: SQLite zipfile extension may disclose uninitialized heap memory during inflation     (bsc#1259619).

    Changelog:

     * Fix the WAL-reset database corruption bug:
       https://sqlite.org/wal.html#walresetbug

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - An information disclosure issue in the zipfileInflate function in the zipfile extension in SQLite v3.51.1     and earlier allows attackers to obtain heap memory via supplying a crafted ZIP file. (CVE-2025-70873)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
304487	Photon OS 4.0: Sqlite PHSA-2026-4.0-0989	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
303950	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : sqlite3 (SUSE-SU-2026:1065-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
303594	SQLite <= 3.51.1 Information Disclosure	Nessus	Misc.	high
303392	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : sqlite3 (SUSE-SU-2026:0955-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
302173	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-70873	Nessus	Misc.	high

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