CVE-2012-3489
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The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2012-3489 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| 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 6 (postgresql) | RHSA-2012:1263 | 2012-09-13 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | postgresql | Not affected |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Noah Misch as the original reporter.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation