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CVE-2012-3489

Public on 2012-09-22
Modified on 2014-09-14
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.

Severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
2.7
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql8 2012-09-22 21:38 ALAS-2012-129

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 2.7 AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N