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PYSEC-2009-18

Details

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.

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Affected packages

PyPI / pygresql

Introduced in: 3.8.1

No fixed version published yet for pygresql (pip). Pin to a known-safe version or switch to an alternative.

References

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-870-1 [WEB]
http://www.osvdb.org/59028 [WEB]
http://secunia.com/advisories/37046 [ADVISORY]
http://secunia.com/advisories/37654 [ADVISORY]
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1911 [ADVISORY]