UBUNTU-CVE-2017-3163 (CVE-2017-3163)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2017-08-30 14:29 – Updated: 2025-09-08 16:44 – Source website
VLAI
Details

When using the Index Replication feature, Apache Solr nodes can pull index files from a master/leader node using an HTTP API which accepts a file name. However, Solr before 5.5.4 and 6.x before 6.4.1 did not validate the file name, hence it was possible to craft a special request involving path traversal, leaving any file readable to the Solr server process exposed. Solr servers protected and restricted by firewall rules and/or authentication would not be at risk since only trusted clients and users would gain direct HTTP access.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "liblucene3-contrib-java",
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          },
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          },
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      "package": {
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        "name": "lucene-solr",
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      },
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        }
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        "name": "lucene-solr",
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      },
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        "3.6.2+dfsg-8",
        "3.6.2+dfsg-8ubuntu0.1",
        "3.6.2+dfsg-8ubuntu0.1+esm1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "When using the Index Replication feature, Apache Solr nodes can pull index files from a master/leader node using an HTTP API which accepts a file name. However, Solr before 5.5.4 and 6.x before 6.4.1 did not validate the file name, hence it was possible to craft a special request involving path traversal, leaving any file readable to the Solr server process exposed. Solr servers protected and restricted by firewall rules and/or authentication would not be at risk since only trusted clients and users would gain direct HTTP access.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-3163",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:44:04Z",
  "published": "2017-08-30T14:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-3163"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-10031"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-3163"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-3163"
  ]
}



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