PostgreSQL Improper Input Validation Vulnerability - CVE-2012-3489 - Vulnerability Database

PostgreSQL Improper Input Validation Vulnerability - CVE-2012-3489

Medium

Reference: CVE-2012-3489

NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3489

Title: PostgreSQL Improper Input Validation Vulnerability

Overview:

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.