Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in PostgreSQL - CVE-2012-3488
Published: October 4, 2012 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32769
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3488
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to read and manipulate data.
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.
Affected software
PostgreSQL
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
postgresql (Alpine package)
dev-db/postgresql-server
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
postgresql (Alpine package)
dev-db/postgresql-server
How to mitigate CVE-2012-3488
Install update from vendor's website.
PostgreSQL - update to 8.3.20
postgresql (Alpine package) - update to 9.0.9-r0
dev-db/postgresql-server - update to 9.1.5
postgresql (Alpine package) - update to 9.0.9-r0
dev-db/postgresql-server - update to 9.1.5
External References
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00102.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00024.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1263.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1264.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50635
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50636
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50718
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50859
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50946
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2534
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:139
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1407/
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-20.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-13.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-9.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-5.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/support/security/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55072
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1542-1
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_postgresql2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849172