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CVE-2017-12629

CRITICALEPSS 100th pctl
9.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Remote code execution occurs in Apache Solr before 7.1 with Apache Lucene before 7.1 by exploiting XXE in conjunction with use of a Config API add-listener command to reach the RunExecutableListener class. Elasticsearch, although it uses Lucene, is NOT vulnerable to this. Note that the XML external entity expansion vulnerability occurs in the XML Query Parser which is available, by default, for any query request with parameters deftype=xmlparser and can be exploited to upload malicious data to the /upload request handler or as Blind XXE using ftp wrapper in order to read arbitrary local files from the Solr server. Note also that the second vulnerability relates to remote code execution using the RunExecutableListener available on all affected versions of Solr.

How to fix

Remediation Available
lucene-solrDebian
Fixed in:3.6.2+dfsg-11CVE-2017-12629
Fixed in:3.6.2+dfsg-11CVE-2017-12629
Fixed in:3.6.2+dfsg-11CVE-2017-12629
Fixed in:3.6.2+dfsg-11CVE-2017-12629
liblucene3-contrib-javaUbuntu
Fixed in:3.6.2+dfsg-8ubuntu0.1USN-4259-1
liblucene3-javaUbuntu
Fixed in:3.6.2+dfsg-8ubuntu0.1USN-4259-1
libsolr-javaUbuntu
Fixed in:3.6.2+dfsg-8ubuntu0.1USN-4259-1
lucene-solrUbuntu
Fixed in:3.6.2+dfsg-8ubuntu0.1USN-4259-1
solr-commonUbuntu
Fixed in:3.6.2+dfsg-8ubuntu0.1USN-4259-1
solr-jettyUbuntu
Fixed in:3.6.2+dfsg-8ubuntu0.1USN-4259-1
solr-tomcatUbuntu
Fixed in:3.6.2+dfsg-8ubuntu0.1USN-4259-1

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

91.90%probability of exploitation in 30 days
100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-611 (XML External Entity (XXE)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVESeverityCVSSEPSSExploitedFix
CVE-2024-34102Critical9.8100%KEVFix
CVE-2019-9670Critical9.8100%KEVFix
CVE-2022-28219Critical9.897%--
CVE-2024-22024High8.395%--
CVE-2024-38653High7.592%--
CVE-2013-6429Medium6.890%-Fix
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