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title: "CVE-2013-6407\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-6407

Publication date 7 December 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The UpdateRequestHandler for XML in Apache Solr before 4.1 allows remote
attackers to have an unspecified impact via XML data containing an external
entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an
XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| lucene-solr | 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6407)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6407)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-6407)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6407)

### Other references

* <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-3895>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/28>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6407>