National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-3488

Overview

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.

Impact

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849172

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849172

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1542-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1542-1

External Source: BID

Name: 55072

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55072

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.postgresql.org/support/security/

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.postgresql.org/support/security/

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-5.html

Hyperlink:http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-5.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-9.html

Hyperlink:http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-9.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-13.html

Hyperlink:http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-13.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-20.html

Hyperlink:http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-20.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1407/

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1407/

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2012:139

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:139

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2534

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2534

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 50718

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/50718

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 50636

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/50636

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 50635

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/50635

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2012:1264

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1264.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2012:1263

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1263.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:1299

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00024.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:1288

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00013.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:1251

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00102.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2013-03-14-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00002.html