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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: USN-7283-1 moderate: Apache Solr arbitrary code execution

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Calendar Grey February 21, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The latest release for Ubuntu's lucene-solr addresses a vital security vulnerability that permits remote code execution via specially crafted input.
Apache Solr could be made to execute arbitrary code if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

Apache Solr could be made to execute arbitrary code if it received

specially crafted input.

Software Description:

- lucene-solr: Full-text search engine library for Java

Details:

It was discovered that the Apache Solr DataImportHandler module incorrectly

handled certain request parameters in a default configuration. A remote

attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote access Ubuntu arbitrary code Java library lucene-solr Apache Solr

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   liblucene3-contrib-java         3.6.2+dfsg-18~18.04.1~esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   liblucene3-java                 3.6.2+dfsg-18~18.04.1~esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libsolr-java                    3.6.2+dfsg-18~18.04.1~esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   liblucene3-contrib-java         3.6.2+dfsg-8ubuntu0.1+esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   liblucene3-java                 3.6.2+dfsg-8ubuntu0.1+esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libsolr-java                    3.6.2+dfsg-8ubuntu0.1+esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
   liblucene3-contrib-java         3.6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm4
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   liblucene3-java                 3.6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm4
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libsolr-java                    3.6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm4
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7283-1

CVE-2019-0193

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7283-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote access Ubuntu arbitrary code Java library lucene-solr Apache Solr

Package Information

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