[SOLR-2631] PingRequestHandler can infinite loop if called with a qt that points to itsself

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
• Fix Version/s: 3.4, 4.0-ALPHA
• Component/s: Admin UI, search
• Labels: security
• Assignee: Uwe Schindler
• Reporter: Uwe Schindler
• Created: 01/Jul/11 20:40
• Updated: 16/Feb/17 15:55
• Resolved: 04/Jul/11 16:33

Description

We got a security report to [e-mail], that Solr can infinite loop, use 100% CPU and stack overflow, if you execute the following HTTP request:

• http://localhost:8983/solr/select?qt=/admin/ping
• http://localhost:8983/solr/admin/ping?qt=/admin/ping

The qt paramter instructs PingRequestHandler to call the given request handler. This leads to an infinite loop. This is not an security issue, but for an unprotected Solr server with unprotected /solr/select path this makes it stop working.

The fix is to prevent infinite loop by disallowing calling itsself.