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ubuntu-cve-2021-29943

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2021-04-13 07:15

Modified

2025-09-08 16:47

Summary

Details

When using ConfigurableInternodeAuthHadoopPlugin for authentication, Apache Solr versions prior to 8.8.2 would forward/proxy distributed requests using server credentials instead of original client credentials. This would result in incorrect authorization resolution on the receiving hosts.

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-29943	REPORT
	https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r91dd0ff556e…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-29943	REPORT

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}

CVE-2021-29943 (GCVE-0-2021-29943)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-13 06:35 – Updated: 2024-08-03 22:18

Title

Apache Solr Unprivileged users may be able to perform unauthorized read/write to collections

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Assigner

apache

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r91dd0ff556e…	x_refsource_MISC
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2021060…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Solr	Affected: Apache Solr , < 8.8.2 (custom)

Credits

Geza Nagy

Show details on NVD website

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Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2021-29943

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2021-29943 (GCVE-0-2021-29943)

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