CVE-2012-3488
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.9 · CWE-264
4.9CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The libxslt support in contrib/xml2 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 does not properly restrict access to files and URLs, which allows remote authenticated users to modify data, obtain sensitive information, or trigger outbound traffic to arbitrary external hosts by leveraging (1) stylesheet commands that are permitted by the libxslt security options or (2) an xslt_process feature, related to an XML External Entity (aka XXE) issue.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00102.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00024.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1263.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1264.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50635