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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$$ file with new contents that cause loading of an arbitrary library.
- Products
- sqliteodbc
- Affected versions
- 0.9998-3, 0.9999-1, 0.9999-2, 0.99991-1, 0.99991-2, 0.99991-3, 0.99991-4, 0.99991-5
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-12050
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 12:55 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
SQLiteODBC 0.9996, as packaged for certain Linux distributions as 0.9996-4, has a race condition leading to root privilege escalation because any user can replace a /tmp/sqliteodbc$$ file with new contents that cause loading of an arbitrary library.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12050
sqliteodbc
Fixed versions: Not specified
sqliteodbc
Fixed versions: Not specified
sqliteodbc
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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