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CVE-2019-12401

Apache Solr vulnerable to XML Bomb

Impact

Solr versions prior to 5.0.0 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.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
mavenorg.apache.solr:solr-core< 5.0.05.0.0

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
ApacheSolr
from 1.3.0 through 1.4.1
from 3.1 through 3.6.2
from 4.0.0 through 4.10.4

Weakness classification

CWE-776

References