CVE-2012-3488

CVE Details

Release Date:	2012-08-17
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

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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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	3.8
Vector String:	AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	Single
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (postgresql)	ELSA-2012-1264	2012-09-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (postgresql84)	ELSA-2012-1263	2012-09-13
Oracle Linux version 6 (postgresql)	ELSA-2012-1263	2012-09-13