SQLAlchemy: SQL injection

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
dev-python/sqlalchemy	< 0.7.4	>= 0.7.4	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #407437

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

2. Impact Information

SQLAlchemy is a Python SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper.

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

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

3. Resolution Information

There is no known workaround at this time.

All SQLAlchemy users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

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

4. References

Page updated September 26, 2012

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