CVE-2012-3488
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
The libxslt support in contrib/xml2 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 does not properly restrict access to files and URLs, which allows remote authenticated users to modify data, obtain sensitive information, or trigger outbound traffic to arbitrary external hosts by leveraging (1) stylesheet commands that are permitted by the libxslt security options or (2) an xslt_process feature, related to an XML External Entity (aka XXE) issue.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 3.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (postgresql84) | RHSA-2012:1263 | 2012-09-13 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (postgresql) | RHSA-2012:1264 | 2012-09-13 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (postgresql) | RHSA-2012:1263 | 2012-09-13 |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Peter Eisentraut as the original reporter.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation