CVE-2019-12401
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 10, 2019 at 02:06 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:14 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSolr
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 9%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (11)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTBroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201909.mbox/%3CCAECwjAXU4%3DkAo5DeUJw7Kvk67sgCmajAN7LGZQNjbjZ8gv%3DBdw%40mail.gmail.com%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/10/1x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2019-12401-XML%20Bomb-Apache%20SolrMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/048ae6e4f84a88e8856f766320b48ad91f9fca2c6f621aa2c40088fe%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0ec231c5ed8d242890e21806d25fdd47f80cc47cac278d2fc1c9c579%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1c92300643f48f13bc59b15e3f886ba62bae1798c7d4c2e5c1ece09b%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/521d10a19bfb590f86dff41820ccfb11e92281f233a12c882650931e%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/60a924662ead9aeea74e8ea128d9ca935f8de925aa71b15ab2787d6a%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3ECVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-776
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