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CVE-2009-2940

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Date: October 22, 2009

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.

Severity Score

7.3

Related Resources (5)

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2009-2940

Url: http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-870-1

Url: http://www.osvdb.org/59028

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1911

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2940

Severity Score

7.3

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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