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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201209-16
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: SQLAlchemy: SQL injection
     Date: September 26, 2012
     Bugs: #407437
       ID: 201209-16

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

Background
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SQLAlchemy is a Python SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper.

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

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

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

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All SQLAlchemy users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/sqlalchemy-0.7.4"

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

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201209-16

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/