Apache Solr < 4.3.1 XML External Entity Injection

medium Nessus Plugin ID 71845

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Synopsis

The remote web server contains a Java application that is affected by an XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability.

Description

The version of Apache Solr running on the remote web server is affected by an XML external entity injection vulnerability due to an incorrectly configured XML parser in the 'DocumentAnalysisRequestHandler' class. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw to gain access to arbitrary files or to cause a denial of service condition.

Note that this issue exists due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-6407.

Solution

Upgrade to Apache Solr version 4.3.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 71845

File Name: solr_4_3_1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 1/7/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apache:solr

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Apache Solr

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/30/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6408

BID: 64009

Detections

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