ubuntu · CVE-2012-3489

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Priority: medium Published: 2012-08-17 00:00:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 20:34:59 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2012-3489 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (postgresql-8.2, postgresql-8.3, postgresql-8.4, postgresql-9.1), 44 status rows across 11 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic): DNE 29, released 7, needs-triage 3, not-affected 3, ignored 2.

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.

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