PYSEC-2009-18

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    PYSEC-2009-18

    Published: 22 Oct 2009Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    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.

    References: http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-870-1, http://www.osvdb.org/59028, http://secunia.com/advisories/37046, http://secunia.com/advisories/37654, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1911, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xv6x-43gq-4hfj

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pygresql

    Purl: pkg:pypi/pygresql

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 3.8.1
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.8.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    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