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Apache Solr: CVE-2019-12401: XML Bomb in Apache Solr versions prior to 5.0

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Apache Solr: CVE-2019-12401: XML Bomb in Apache Solr versions prior to 5.0

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/10/2019
Created
11/28/2023
Added
11/27/2023
Modified
11/28/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • apache-solr-upgrade-latest

References

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