Resource exhaustion in SAP NetWeaver - CVE-2017-9845
Published: October 10, 2017 / Updated: October 11, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8788
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9845
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SAP
Affected software:
SAP NetWeaver
SAP NetWeaver
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-9845
Install update from vendor's website.