FKIE_CVE-2009-2940

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-10-22 16:30 - Updated: 2026-04-23 00:35
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/37046Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/37654
cve@mitre.orghttp://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-870-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1911
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/59028
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/37046Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/37654
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-870-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1911
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/59028
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
pygresql pygresql 3.8.1
pygresql pygresql 4.0
python python *
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