CVE-2013-6408

medium
Published 2013-12-07 · Modified 2024-11-30
CVSS v3
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

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6408

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4881

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/55542

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.6.2+dfsg-2
debian debianbullseyefixed3.6.2+dfsg-2
debian debianforkyfixed3.6.2+dfsg-2
debian debiansidfixed3.6.2+dfsg-2
debian debiantrixiefixed3.6.2+dfsg-2

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
java Mavenorg.apache.solr:solr-core<4.3.14.3.1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
apache apachesolr{"endIncluding":"4.3.0"}
apache apachesolr3.6.0
apache apachesolr3.6.1
apache apachesolr3.6.2
apache apachesolr4.0.0
apache apachesolr4.1.0
apache apachesolr4.2.0
apache apachesolr4.2.1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.