CVE-2012-3488

Severity

49%

Complexity

68%

Confidentiality

81%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

PostgreSQL

First reported 12 years ago

2012-10-03 21:55:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-12-08 03:02:00

Affected Software

PostgreSQL 9.1

9.1

PostgreSQL 9.1.1

9.1.1

PostgreSQL 9.1.2

9.1.2

PostgreSQL 9.1.3

9.1.3

PostgreSQL 9.1.4

9.1.4

PostgreSQL 8.4

8.4

PostgreSQL 8.4.1

8.4.1

PostgreSQL 8.4.2

8.4.2

PostgreSQL 8.4.3

8.4.3

PostgreSQL 8.4.4

8.4.4

PostgreSQL 8.4.5

8.4.5

PostgreSQL 8.4.6

8.4.6

PostgreSQL 8.4.7

8.4.7

PostgreSQL 8.4.8

8.4.8

PostgreSQL 8.4.9

8.4.9

PostgreSQL 8.4.10

8.4.10

PostgreSQL 8.4.11

8.4.11

PostgreSQL 8.4.12

8.4.12

PostgreSQL 8.3

8.3

PostgreSQL 8.3.1

8.3.1

PostgreSQL 8.3.2

8.3.2

PostgreSQL 8.3.3

8.3.3

PostgreSQL 8.3.4

8.3.4

PostgreSQL 8.3.5

8.3.5

PostgreSQL 8.3.6

8.3.6

PostgreSQL 8.3.7

8.3.7

PostgreSQL 8.3.8

8.3.8

PostgreSQL 8.3.9

8.3.9

PostgreSQL 8.3.10

8.3.10

PostgreSQL 8.3.11

8.3.11

PostgreSQL 8.3.12

8.3.12

PostgreSQL 8.3.13

8.3.13

PostgreSQL 8.3.14

8.3.14

PostgreSQL 8.3.15

8.3.15

PostgreSQL 8.3.16

8.3.16

PostgreSQL 8.3.17

8.3.17

PostgreSQL 8.3.18

8.3.18

PostgreSQL 8.3.19

8.3.19

PostgreSQL 9.0

9.0

PostgreSQL 9.0.1

9.0.1

PostgreSQL 9.0.2

9.0.2

PostgreSQL 9.0.3

9.0.3

PostgreSQL 9.0.4

9.0.4

PostgreSQL 9.0.5

9.0.5

PostgreSQL 9.0.6

9.0.6

PostgreSQL 9.0.7

9.0.7

PostgreSQL 9.0.8

9.0.8

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