CVE-2009-2942

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    CVE-2009-2942

    Published: 22 Oct 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The mysql-ocaml bindings 1.0.4 for MySQL do not properly support the mysql_real_escape_string function, which might allow remote attackers to leverage escaping issues involving multibyte character encodings.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/37047, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1910, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:279, http://www.osvdb.org/59030

    Affected packages

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High