CVE-2012-3488
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…
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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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (24)
- RHSA-2012:1263 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-9.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2012:139 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 50636 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849172 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1542-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 50718 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-5.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_postgresql2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-13.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-20.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1407/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 50635 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.postgresql.org/support/security/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2013-03-14-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 50946 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 55072 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-2534 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1264 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1251 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1288 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 50859 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1299 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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