01 Record
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 9.0.9, and 9.1 before 9.1.5 allows remote authenticated users
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-10-03 21:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-06-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c858a607b03fe17c2299cfd7fd8fe32a3c507b35d8347dfc00129c422a5ccd0f
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1263http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1263.html
- www.securityfocus.com55074http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55074
- www.postgresql.orghttp://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-9.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2012:139http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:139
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1542-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1542-1
- secunia.com50718http://secunia.com/advisories/50718
- www.postgresql.orghttp://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-5.html
- blogs.oracle.comhttps://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_postgresql2
- www.postgresql.orghttp://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-13.html
- www.postgresql.orghttp://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-20.html
- www.postgresql.orghttp://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1407/
- secunia.com50635http://secunia.com/advisories/50635
- www.postgresql.orghttp://www.postgresql.org/support/security/
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2013-03-14-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00002.html
- secunia.com50946http://secunia.com/advisories/50946
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849173
- www.debian.orgDSA-2534http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2534
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1251http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00102.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1288http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00013.html
- secunia.com50859http://secunia.com/advisories/50859
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1299http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00024.html