PT-2012-4754 · Postgresql+3 · Postgresql+3

Peter Eisentraut · Published 2012-09-13 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2012-3488

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PostgreSQL versions 8.3 through 8.3.19 PostgreSQL versions 8.4 through 8.4.12 PostgreSQL versions 9.0 through 9.0.8 PostgreSQL versions 9.1 through 9.1.4

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to modify data, obtain sensitive information, or trigger outbound traffic to arbitrary external hosts. This is related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, where stylesheet commands permitted by the libxslt security options or the xslt process feature can be leveraged. The xslt process() function can be used to read and write arbitrary files.

Recommendations For PostgreSQL versions 8.3 through 8.3.19, update to version 8.3.20 or later. For PostgreSQL versions 8.4 through 8.4.12, update to version 8.4.13 or later. For PostgreSQL versions 9.0 through 9.0.8, update to version 9.0.9 or later. For PostgreSQL versions 9.1 through 9.1.4, update to version 9.1.5 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CESA-2012_1263

CVE-2012-3488

DSA-2534-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10030-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10256-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10273-1

RHSA-2012:1263

RHSA-2012:1264

RHSA-2012_1263

RHSA-2012_1264

SUSE-SU-2012_1336-1

Affected Products

Centos

Postgresql

Red Hat

Suse

References · 116

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00024.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3489 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04550 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04560 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04567 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00102.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:139 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3488 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10030-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10256-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04557 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00013.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04551 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04552 · Security Note