CVE-2009-2940 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Pygresql	Pygresql
Python	Python

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:pygresql:pygresql:3.8.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pygresql:pygresql:4.0:::::::*

cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/37046
http://secunia.com/advisories/37654
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-870-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1911
http://www.osvdb.org/59028
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2940
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2940

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-10-22T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:07:37.303Z

Reserved: 2009-08-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-2940

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-10-22T16:30:00.250

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2009-2940

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-10-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-2940 - Bugzilla

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