Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-2943 - Unspecified vulnerability in Ocaml Postgresql-Ocaml 1.12.1/1.5.4/1.7.0
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN ocaml
nessus
Summary
The postgresql-ocaml bindings 1.5.4, 1.7.0, and 1.12.1 for PostgreSQL libpq do not properly support the PQescapeStringConn function, which might allow remote attackers to leverage escaping issues involving multibyte character encodings.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 3 | |
Application | 1 |
Nessus
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2009-10633.NASL description - New upstream version 1.12.3. - This contains a SECURITY fix for: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529325 CVE-2009-2943 ocaml- postgresql: Missing escape function (DSA-1909-1) HOWEVER you are not protected until you change your code to use the new connection#escape_string method. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 42448 published 2009-11-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/42448 title Fedora 11 : ocaml-postgresql-1.12.3-1.fc11.2 (2009-10633) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2009-10633. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(42448); script_version("1.10"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:28"); script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2943"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2009-10633"); script_name(english:"Fedora 11 : ocaml-postgresql-1.12.3-1.fc11.2 (2009-10633)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: " - New upstream version 1.12.3. - This contains a SECURITY fix for: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529325 CVE-2009-2943 ocaml- postgresql: Missing escape function (DSA-1909-1) HOWEVER you are not protected until you change your code to use the new connection#escape_string method. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529325" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2009-November/030885.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?4376c0c1" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected ocaml-postgresql package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ocaml-postgresql"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/10/21"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/11/11"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^11([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 11.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC11", reference:"ocaml-postgresql-1.12.3-1.fc11.2")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "ocaml-postgresql"); }
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-1909.NASL description It was discovered that postgresql-ocaml, OCaml bindings to PostgreSQL last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 44774 published 2010-02-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/44774 title Debian DSA-1909-1 : postgresql-ocaml - missing escape function code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1909. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(44774); script_version("1.9"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:22"); script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2943"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1909"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1909-1 : postgresql-ocaml - missing escape function"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "It was discovered that postgresql-ocaml, OCaml bindings to PostgreSQL's libpq, was missing a function to call PQescapeStringConn(). This is needed, because PQescapeStringConn() honours the charset of the connection and prevents insufficient escaping, when certain multibyte character encodings are used. The added function is called escape_string_conn() and takes the established database connection as a first argument. The old escape_string() was kept for backwards compatibility. Developers using these bindings are encouraged to adjust their code to use the new function." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1909" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the postgresql-ocaml packages. For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.4-2+etch1. For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.7.0-3+lenny1." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-ocaml"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/10/14"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/02/24"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"libpostgresql-ocaml", reference:"1.5.4-2+etch1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"libpostgresql-ocaml-dev", reference:"1.5.4-2+etch1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"libpostgresql-ocaml", reference:"1.7.0-3+lenny1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"libpostgresql-ocaml-dev", reference:"1.7.0-3+lenny1")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2009-10595.NASL description - New upstream version 1.12.3. - This contains a SECURITY fix for: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529325 CVE-2009-2943 ocaml- postgresql: Missing escape function (DSA-1909-1) HOWEVER you are not protected until you change your code to use the new connection#escape_string method. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 42447 published 2009-11-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/42447 title Fedora 10 : ocaml-postgresql-1.12.3-1.fc10.2 (2009-10595) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2009-10595. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(42447); script_version("1.10"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:28"); script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2943"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2009-10595"); script_name(english:"Fedora 10 : ocaml-postgresql-1.12.3-1.fc10.2 (2009-10595)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: " - New upstream version 1.12.3. - This contains a SECURITY fix for: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529325 CVE-2009-2943 ocaml- postgresql: Missing escape function (DSA-1909-1) HOWEVER you are not protected until you change your code to use the new connection#escape_string method. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529325" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2009-November/030893.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?37c2ff02" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected ocaml-postgresql package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ocaml-postgresql"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/10/21"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/11/11"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^10([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 10.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC10", reference:"ocaml-postgresql-1.12.3-1.fc10.2")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "ocaml-postgresql"); }