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CVE-2012-3489
medium
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
https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_postgresql2
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2012-3445
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849173
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55074
http://www.postgresql.org/support/security/
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-5.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-9.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-13.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-20.html
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1407/
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:139
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2534
http://secunia.com/advisories/50946
http://secunia.com/advisories/50859
http://secunia.com/advisories/50718
http://secunia.com/advisories/50635
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00024.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00013.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00102.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00002.html