Denial of Service Vulnerability in SAP Message Server by SAP SE
CVE-2017-5997

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
SAP
Status
SAP Kernel
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 February 2017

Summary

The vulnerability in the SAP Message Server HTTP daemon within the SAP KERNEL versions 7.21 through 7.49 allows an attacker to exploit crafted requests targeting the 'group' parameter. By sending multiple requests with specific sizes of the 'group' parameter, an attacker can trigger excessive memory consumption, ultimately leading to a denial of service condition where the server processes may crash. This can disrupt service availability and impact the organization’s operations.

References

https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-16-038-sap-message-...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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