Reported in SOLR-14515 (private) and fixed in SOLR-14561 (public), released in Solr version 8.6.0. The Replication handler (https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/8_6/index-replication.html#http-api-commands-for-the-replicationhandler) allows commands backup, restore and deleteBackup. Each of these take a location parameter, which was not validated, i.e you could read/write to any location the solr user can access.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Reported in SOLR-14515 (private) and fixed in SOLR-14561 (public), released in Solr version 8.6.0. The     Replication handler (https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/8_6/index-replication.html#http-api-commands-     for-the-replicationhandler) allows commands backup, restore and deleteBackup. Each of these take a     location parameter, which was not validated, i.e you could read/write to any location the solr user can     access. (CVE-2020-13941)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - Reported in SOLR-14515 (private) and fixed in SOLR-14561 (public), released in Solr version 8.6.0. The
    Replication handler (https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/8_6/index-replication.html#http-api-commands-
    for-the-replicationhandler) allows commands backup, restore and deleteBackup. Each of these take a
    location parameter, which was not validated, i.e you could read/write to any location the solr user can
    access. (CVE-2020-13941)

The version of Apache Solr running on the remote host is prior to 8.6.0. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability. The Replication handler allows commands backup, restore and deleteBackup. Each of these take a location parameter, which was not validated, i.e you could read/write to any location the solr user can access.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
255600	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-13941	Nessus	Misc.	high
408660	SCA: security update for org.apache.solr:solr-parent (GHSA-2467-h365-j7hm)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
408660	SCA: security update for org.apache.solr:solr-parent (GHSA-2467-h365-j7hm)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high
181479	Apache Solr < 8.6.0 Information Disclosure (CVE-2020-13941)	Nessus	CGI abuses	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2020-13941

high

Tenable Plugins

high

high

high

high