The DocumentAnalysisRequestHandler in Apache Solr before 4.3.1 does not properly use the EmptyEntityResolver, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via XML data containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-6407.
CVE-2013-6408
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 95.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
December 7, 2013
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (14)
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1844.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0029.html
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/55542
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/59372
- secalert@redhathttp://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/branches/branch_4x/solr/CHANGES.txt?view=markup
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/29/2
- secalert@redhathttps://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4881
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1844.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0029.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/55542
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/59372
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/branches/branch_4x/solr/CHANGES.txt?view=markup
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/29/2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4881
Patch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | solr | 2014-01-15 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
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Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.apache.solr:solr-core | 1.3.0 ... 4.3.0 (18 versions) | 4.3.1 | — |
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