SB2017101102 - Denial of service in SAP NetWeaver
Published: October 11, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017101102
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9845)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in SAP NetWeaver Dynpro Engine due to improper handling of DIAG requests by the disp+work process port. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted DIAG request, trigger resource exhaustion and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.