ubuntu-cve-2020-13941
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-08-17 13:15
Modified
2026-05-20 14:52
Summary
Details

Reported in SOLR-14515 (private) and fixed in SOLR-14561 (public), released in Solr version 8.6.0. The Replication handler (https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/8_6/index-replication.html#http-api-commands-for-the-replicationhandler) allows commands backup, restore and deleteBackup. Each of these take a location parameter, which was not validated, i.e you could read/write to any location the solr user can access.

Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "details": "Reported in SOLR-14515 (private) and fixed in SOLR-14561 (public), released in Solr version 8.6.0. The Replication handler (https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/8_6/index-replication.html#http-api-commands-for-the-replicationhandler) allows commands backup, restore and deleteBackup. Each of these take a location parameter, which was not validated, i.e you could read/write to any location the solr user can access.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13941",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T14:52:11Z",
  "published": "2020-08-17T13:15:00Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-13941"
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    },
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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      "score": "medium",
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}



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