PostgreSQL < 8.3.20 / 8.4.13 / 9.0.9 / 9.1.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 6815

Synopsis

The remote database server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

Versions of PostgreSQL earlier than 8.3.20 / 8.4.13 / 9.0.9 / 9.1.5 are potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities. It therefore is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- A flaw in contrib/xml2's xslt_process can be used to read and write arbitrary files. (CVE-2012-3488)

- An xml_parse() DTD validation flaw can be used to read arbitrary files. (CVE-2012-3489)

Solution

Upgrade to PostgreSQL 8.3.20 / 8.4.13 / 9.0.9 / 9.1.5 or later.

See Also

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

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

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

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

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 6815

Family: Database

Published: 5/14/2013

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 63354

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3488, CVE-2012-3489

BID: 55072, 55074