CVE-2012-3489

CVE Details

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

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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	2.7
Vector String:	AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Single
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

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