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CVE-2012-3489

CVE information

Published

11 years ago

Last Modified

2 months ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

CVSSv3.1 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
4/10
Exploit Score
8/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
Single
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
None

CVSSv3.1 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
6.5/10
Exploit Score
2.8/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
Impact Score
3.6/10
Confidentiality Impact
High
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
None
Scope
Unchanged
User Interaction
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
8.3.0 8.3.20
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
8.4.0 8.4.13
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
9.1.0 9.1.5
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
9.0.0 9.0.9
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
10.7.0 -
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -