Description
SQL injection vulnerability in auth2db 0.2.5, and possibly other versions before 0.2.7, uses the addslashes function instead of the mysql_real_escape_string function, which allows remote attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks using multibyte character encodings.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 5.0 | auth2db | 0.2.5-2+dfsg-1+lenny1 | DSA-1757-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-1757-1 auth2db - SQL injection Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- 34287 vdb-entry
- 34488 third-party-advisory
- DSA-1757 vendor-advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=521823
- auth2db-unspecified-sql-injection(49518) vdb-entry
- http://www.auth2db.com.ar/?title=CHANGELOG