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Security Bulletin: Apache Solr, shipped with IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis, susceptible to multiple vulnerabilities in Apache Xerces2

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Summary

There are vulnerabilities in Apache Xerces2 Java Parser that affect Apache Solr. The details are available in the Vulnerability Details section.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2013-4002
DESCRIPTION:   A denial of service vulnerability in the Apache Xerces-J parser used by IBM Java could result in a complete availability impact on the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/85260 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVEID:   CVE-2012-0881
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Xerces2 Java is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the XML service. By sending a specially crafted message to an XML service, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume available CPU resources from the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/134404 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2009-2625
DESCRIPTION:   Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in Apache Xerces2 Java. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using specially-crafted XML input, to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop and hang.
CVSS Base score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53082 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
Log Analysis1.3.1
Log Analysis1.3.2
Log Analysis1.3.3
Log Analysis1.3.4
Log Analysis1.3.5
Log Analysis1.3.6



Remediation/Fixes

Principal Product and Version(s) :Fix details
IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis version 1.3.xUpgrade to Log Analysis version 1.3.7 Download the 1.3.7-TIV-IOALA-FP here.


Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

16 Apr 2021: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 April 2021

Initial Publish date:
16 April 2021

UID

ibm16444043