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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-9936

high Nessus Plugin ID 260354

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

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

 - In SQLite 3.27.2, running fts5 prefix queries inside a transaction could trigger a heap-based buffer over- read in fts5HashEntrySort in sqlite3.c, which may lead to an information leak. This is related to ext/fts5/fts5_hash.c. (CVE-2019-9936)

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

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-9936

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 260354

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2019_9936.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/2/2025

Updated: 9/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9936

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sqlite-libs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sqlite, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sqlite-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sqlite-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sqlite-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:lemon, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sqlite-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:lemon, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sqlite-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sqlite

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9936