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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Apache Solr vulnerability (USN-4259-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 133355

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4259-1 advisory.

 Michael Stepankin and Olga Barinova discovered that Apache Solr was vulnerable to an XXE attack. An attacker could use this vulnerability to remotely execute code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4259-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 133355

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4259-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/30/2020

Updated: 8/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12629

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:solr-jetty, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsolr-java, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblucene3-contrib-java, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:solr-tomcat, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblucene3-java, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:solr-common

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12629

USN: 4259-1