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CVE-2012-3489

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2012-08-17	databases/postgresql*-server -- multiple vulnerabilities

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CVE-2012-3489 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2012-3489
Phase	Assigned(20120614)

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

Source	Reference
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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849173
CONFIRM	https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_postgresql2
APPLE	APPLE-SA-2013-03-14-1
DEBIAN	DSA-2534
MANDRIVA	MDVSA-2012:139
REDHAT	RHSA-2012:1263
SUSE	openSUSE-SU-2012:1299
SUSE	openSUSE-SU-2012:1251
SUSE	openSUSE-SU-2012:1288
UBUNTU	USN-1542-1
BID	55074
SECUNIA	50635
SECUNIA	50718
SECUNIA	50946
SECUNIA	50859