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Alpine Linux: CVE-2012-3489: Vulnerability in pgsql < 9.1.5 may allow information disclosure

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2012-3489: Vulnerability in pgsql < 9.1.5 may allow information disclosure

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
10/03/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/30/2017
Modified
09/22/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-postgresql

References

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