SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA up to 7.5 Host Control Web Service Request resource consumption

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A vulnerability was found in SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA up to 7.5. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Host Control Web Service. The manipulation as part of Request leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-14581. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA up to 7.5 (Solution Stack Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Host Control Web Service. The manipulation as part of a Request leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Host Control web service in SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA 7.0 through 7.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a crafted request, aka SAP Security Note 2389181.

The bug was discovered 06/13/2017. The weakness was presented 09/19/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at erpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-14581 since 09/18/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/17/2019). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 98 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Solution Stack Software

Vendor

• SAP

Name

• NetWeaver AS JAVA

Version

• 7.0
• 7.1
• 7.2
• 7.3
• 7.4
• 7.5

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.sap.com/

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