CVE-2009-2940

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2009-10-14
CWE:
CWE-79
Bugzilla:
1516701: CVE-2009-2940 PyGreSQL: Missing a function to call PQescapeStringConn()

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2009-2940 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is now in Production 3 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

This issue did not affect the versions of PyGreSQL as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.4
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 PyGreSQL Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 PyGreSQL Will not fix

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