High
sqliteodbc — security advisory
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$$ file with new contents that cause loading of an arbitrary library.
- Products
- sqliteodbc
- Affected versions
- 0.999-1, 0.9992-0.1, 0.9995-1, 0.9996-1, 0.9996-2, 0.9996-3, 0.9998-2, 0.9998-3, 0.9999-2, 0.99991-1, 0.99991-1build1, 0.99991-2, 0.99991-2build1, 0.99991-3, 0.99991-5
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-12050
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:37 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
SQLiteODBC 0.9996, as packaged for certain Linux distributions as 0.9996-4, has a race condition leading to root privilege escalation because any user can replace a /tmp/sqliteodbc$$ file with new contents that cause loading of an arbitrary library.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12050
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Complete source record
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"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12050",
"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1825762",
"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PDS5RK7F47BRXHUYRWGMGLYU2GJEVZQA/",
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