CVE-2013-6408
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
6.4
VIR risk
6.4
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6408
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4881
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/55542
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.6.2+dfsg-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.6.2+dfsg-2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.6.2+dfsg-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.6.2+dfsg-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.6.2+dfsg-2 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.solr:solr-core | <4.3.1 | 4.3.1 |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1844.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0029.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55542
- 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
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4881
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6408
- https://github.com/apache/lucene-solr/commit/7239a57a51ea0f4d05dd330ce5e15e4f72f72747
- https://github.com/apache/lucene-solr
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6408
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.