Description
Apache Solr uses a PKI based mechanism to secure inter-node communication when security is enabled. It is possible to create a specially crafted node name that does not exist as part of the cluster and point it to a malicious node. This can trick the nodes in cluster to believe that the malicious node is a member of the cluster. So, if Solr users have enabled BasicAuth authentication mechanism using the BasicAuthPlugin or if the user has implemented a custom Authentication plugin, which does not implement either "HttpClientInterceptorPlugin" or "HttpClientBuilderPlugin", his/her servers are vulnerable to this attack. Users who only use SSL without basic authentication or those who use Kerberos are not affected.
Published: 2017-07-07
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-3531 Apache Solr uses a PKI based mechanism to secure inter-node communication when security is enabled. It is possible to create a specially crafted node name that does not exist as part of the cluster and point it to a malicious node. This can trick the nodes in cluster to believe that the malicious node is a member of the cluster. So, if Solr users have enabled BasicAuth authentication mechanism using the BasicAuthPlugin or if the user has implemented a custom Authentication plugin, which does not implement either "HttpClientInterceptorPlugin" or "HttpClientBuilderPlugin", his/her servers are vulnerable to this attack. Users who only use SSL without basic authentication or those who use Kerberos are not affected.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-c82r-qg3w-q5mv Apache Solr insecure inter-node communication
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:13:03.269Z

Reserved: 2017-04-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7660

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-07-07T19:29:00.197

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-7660

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-07-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7660 - Bugzilla

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