CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-12629

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Oct 14, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
10 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V3
9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
HIGH

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.

Weakness

The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Solr Apache 5.5.0 (including) 5.5.4 (including)
Solr Apache 6.0.0 (including) 6.6.1 (including)
Solr Apache 7.0.0 (including) 7.0.1 (including)
Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7.1 RedHat *
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 RedHat lucene-core *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 RedHat eap7-lucene-solr-0:5.3.1-4.redhat_2.1.ep7.el6 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 RedHat eap7-activemq-artemis-0:1.1.0-19.SP24_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 RedHat eap7-hibernate-0:5.0.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 RedHat eap7-ironjacamar-0:1.3.8-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 RedHat eap7-jboss-remoting-0:4.0.25-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 RedHat eap7-jboss-xnio-base-0:3.4.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 RedHat eap7-jgroups-0:3.6.12-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 RedHat eap7-resteasy-0:3.0.19-7.SP5_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 RedHat eap7-undertow-0:1.3.31-3.Final_redhat_3.1.ep7.el6 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 RedHat eap7-wildfly-0:7.0.9-4.GA_redhat_3.1.ep7.el6 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 RedHat eap7-wildfly-javadocs-0:7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_3.1.ep7.el6 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 RedHat eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-0:7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_2.ep7.el6 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 RedHat eap7-lucene-solr-0:5.3.1-4.redhat_2.1.ep7.el7 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 RedHat eap7-activemq-artemis-0:1.1.0-19.SP24_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 RedHat eap7-hibernate-0:5.0.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 RedHat eap7-ironjacamar-0:1.3.8-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 RedHat eap7-jboss-remoting-0:4.0.25-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 RedHat eap7-jboss-xnio-base-0:3.4.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 RedHat eap7-jgroups-0:3.6.12-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 RedHat eap7-resteasy-0:3.0.19-7.SP5_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 RedHat eap7-undertow-0:1.3.31-3.Final_redhat_3.1.ep7.el7 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 RedHat eap7-wildfly-0:7.0.9-4.GA_redhat_3.1.ep7.el7 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 RedHat eap7-wildfly-javadocs-0:7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_3.1.ep7.el7 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 RedHat eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-0:7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_2.ep7.el7 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 security update RedHat *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Continuous Delivery RedHat lucene *
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat rh-java-common-lucene-0:4.8.0-6.9.el6 *
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat rh-java-common-lucene5-0:5.4.1-2.4.el6 *
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUS RedHat rh-java-common-lucene-0:4.8.0-6.9.el6 *
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUS RedHat rh-java-common-lucene5-0:5.4.1-2.4.el6 *
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat rh-java-common-lucene-0:4.8.0-6.9.el7 *
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat rh-java-common-lucene5-0:5.4.1-2.4.el7 *
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUS RedHat rh-java-common-lucene-0:4.8.0-6.9.el7 *
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUS RedHat rh-java-common-lucene5-0:5.4.1-2.4.el7 *
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUS RedHat rh-java-common-lucene-0:4.8.0-6.9.el7 *
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUS RedHat rh-java-common-lucene5-0:5.4.1-2.4.el7 *
RHPAM 7.13.1 async RedHat lucene *
Lucene-solr Ubuntu artful *
Lucene-solr Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Lucene-solr Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Lucene-solr Ubuntu trusty *
Lucene-solr Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Lucene-solr Ubuntu upstream *
Lucene-solr Ubuntu xenial *
Lucene-solr Ubuntu zesty *

Potential Mitigations

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