CVE-2012-3489

Description

The xml_parse function in the libxml2 support in the core server component in PostgreSQL 8.3 before 8.3.20, 8.4 before 8.4.13, 9.0 before 9.0.9, and 9.1 before 9.1.5 allows remote authenticated users to determine the existence of arbitrary files or URLs, and possibly obtain file or URL content that triggers a parsing error, via an XML value that refers to (1) a DTD or (2) an entity, related to an XML External Entity (aka XXE) issue.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849173

https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_postgresql2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1542-1

http://www.postgresql.org/support/security/

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-5.html

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-9.html

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-13.html

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-20.html

http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1407/

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2534

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1263.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00024.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00013.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00102.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00002.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3