Improper Input Validation Affecting postgresql-9.1 package, versions <9.1.5-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-POSTGRESQL91-315538
  • published3 Oct 2012
  • disclosed3 Oct 2012

Introduced: 3 Oct 2012

CVE-2012-3489  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 postgresql-9.1 to version 9.1.5-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql-9.1 package and not the postgresql-9.1 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1