RHEL 6 / 7 : rh-java-common-lucene (RHSA-2017:3451)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 194066

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for rh-java-common-lucene.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3451 advisory.

Apache Lucene is a high-performance, full-featured text search engine library written entirely in Java. It is a technology suitable for nearly any application that requires full-text search, especially cross- platform.

Security Fix(es):

* It was discovered that Lucene's XML query parser did not properly restrict doctype declaration and expansion of external entities. An attacker with access to an application using a Lucene XML query parser could exploit this flaw to perform XML eXternal Entity (XXE) attacks. (CVE-2017-12629)

For more information regarding CVE-2017-12629, see the article linked in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the RHEL rh-java-common-lucene package based on the guidance in RHSA-2017:3451.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/CVE-2017-12629

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1501529

http://www.nessus.org/u?c86cd85b

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3451

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 194066

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-3451.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/27/2024

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12629

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-java-common-lucene-queries, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-java-common-lucene-classification, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-java-common-lucene, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-java-common-lucene-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-java-common-lucene-solr-grandparent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-java-common-lucene-highlighter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-java-common-lucene-analyzers-phonetic, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-java-common-lucene-suggest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-java-common-lucene-analyzers-smartcn, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-java-common-lucene-memory, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-java-common-lucene-analyzers-stempel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-java-common-lucene-sandbox, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-java-common-lucene-parent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-java-common-lucene-join, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-java-common-lucene-facet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-java-common-lucene-queryparser, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-java-common-lucene-replicator, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-java-common-lucene-analysis, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-java-common-lucene-codecs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-java-common-lucene-grouping, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-java-common-lucene-misc

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/12/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12629

CWE: 138

IAVA: 2017-A-0319-S

RHSA: 2017:3451