CVE-2012-3488 Information

Description

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.

Reference

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 http://secunia.com/advisories/50636 http://secunia.com/advisories/50718 http://secunia.com/advisories/50859 http://secunia.com/advisories/50946 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2534 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:139 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 http://www.postgresql.org/support/security/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55072 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1542-1 https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_postgresql2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849172