--- title: "CVE-2009-1208\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1208?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2009-1208 Publication date 1 April 2009 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## 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. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | auth2db | 10.10 maverick | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected | | 9.10 karmic | Not affected | | 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life | | 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1208) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1208) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-1208) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1208) ### Other references *