CVE-2012-3489
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…
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- redhat
Description
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.
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 | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (21)
- RHSA-2012:1263 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 55074 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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
- 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
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849173 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2534 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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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