CVE-2013-6408
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.4
6.4CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The DocumentAnalysisRequestHandler in Apache Solr before 4.3.1 does not properly use the EmptyEntityResolver, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via XML data containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-6407.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)11%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4881 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4881Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55542Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1844.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0029.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59372
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/branches/branch_4x/solr/CHANGES.txt?view=markup
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/29/2