CVE-2009-2940

Advisory

The pygresql module 3.8.1 and 4.0 for Python does not properly support the PQescapeStringConn function, which might allow remote attackers to leverage escaping issues involving multibyte character encodings.

Affected package

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

The pygresql module 3.8.1 and 4.0 for Python does not properly support the PQescapeStringConn function, which might allow remote attackers to leverage escaping issues involving multibyte character encodings.

Resources

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2940
• http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1911
• http://www.osvdb.org/59028
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37046
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-870-1
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37654