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Gentoo: 201209-16 Normal: SQLAlchemy SQL Injection Threat

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Calendar Grey September 26, 2012
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SQLAlchemy on Gentoo contains a vulnerability that could lead to SQL injection. Upgrade to version 0.7.4 or later to reduce potential threats.
An input sanitation flaw in SQLAlchemy allows remote attacker to conduct SQL injection.

Summary

SQLAlchemy does not properly sanitize input passed from the "limit" and "offset" keywords to the select() function before using it in an SQL query.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo threat SQL injection input sanitation normal severity SQLAlchemy

Resolution

All SQLAlchemy users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/sqlalchemy-0.7.4"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-0805 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0805

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201209-16
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: SQLAlchemy: SQL injection
Date: September 26, 2012
Bugs: #407437
ID: 201209-16

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo threat SQL injection input sanitation normal severity SQLAlchemy

Synopsis

An input sanitation flaw in SQLAlchemy allows remote attacker to conduct SQL injection.

Background

SQLAlchemy is a Python SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-python/sqlalchemy < 0.7.4 >= 0.7.4

Impact

===== A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary SQL statements.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.