/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdb_sql.a is in libdb5.3-sql-dev 5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1.
This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o777.
It is a symlink to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdb_sql-5.3.a
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdb_sql-5.3.a