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CVE-2013-6408

The DocumentAnalysisRequestHandler in Apache Solr before 4.3.1 does not properly use the EmptyEntityResolver, which allo

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4 EPSS 0.11391
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 6% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
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Affected Products & Versions

2
apache solr<= 4.3.0
apache solrall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven org.apache.solr:solr-core MODERATE fixed in 4.3.1
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Scoring & Timeline

6.4
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD07 Dec 2013 · 08:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

2
rhsaRHSA-2014:0029Important
rhsaRHSA-2013:1844Important
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1844.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0029.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/55542Vendor Advisory
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
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