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CVE-2019-12401 Detail

Current Description

Solr versions 1.3.0 to 1.4.1, 3.1.0 to 3.6.2 and 4.0.0 to 4.10.4 are vulnerable to an XML resource consumption attack (a.k.a. Lol Bomb) via it?s update handler.?By leveraging XML DOCTYPE and ENTITY type elements, the attacker can create a pattern that will expand when the server parses the XML causing OOMs.

Source:  MITRE
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Impact

CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H (V3.1 legend)
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 3.9

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201909.mbox/%3CCAECwjAXU4%3DkAo5DeUJw7Kvk67sgCmajAN7LGZQNjbjZ8gv%3DBdw%40mail.gmail.com%3E Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0ec231c5ed8d242890e21806d25fdd47f80cc47cac278d2fc1c9c579@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:apache:solr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
1.3.0		Up to (including)
1.4.1
 cpe:2.3:a:apache:solr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
3.1		Up to (including)
3.6.2
 cpe:2.3:a:apache:solr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
4.0.0		Up to (including)
4.10.4


Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2019-12401
NVD Published Date:
09/10/2019
NVD Last Modified:
09/11/2019