CVE - CVE-2012-3489

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-3489	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
APPLE:APPLE-SA-2013-03-14-1 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00002.html BID:55074 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55074 CONFIRM:http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1407/ CONFIRM:http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-20.html CONFIRM:http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-13.html CONFIRM:http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-9.html CONFIRM:http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-5.html CONFIRM:http://www.postgresql.org/support/security/ CONFIRM:https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_postgresql2 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849173 DEBIAN:DSA-2534 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2534 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2012:139 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:139~~ (Obsolete source) REDHAT:RHSA-2012:1263 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1263.html SECUNIA:50635 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50635 SECUNIA:50718 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50718 SECUNIA:50859 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50859 SECUNIA:50946 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50946 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:1251 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00102.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:1288 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00013.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:1299 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00024.html UBUNTU:USN-1542-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1542-1
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20120614	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20120614)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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