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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2534-1 postgresql-8.4 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-3444 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1542-1 PostgreSQL vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:05:12.671Z

Reserved: 2012-06-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-3488

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-10-03T21:55:00.753

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-3488

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-08-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-3488 - Bugzilla

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