VDB-110511 · CVE-2017-16683 · BID 102146

SAP Business Objects Platform 4.10/4.20 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in SAP Business Objects Platform 4.10/4.20. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2017-16683. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SAP Business Objects Platform 4.10/4.20. This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Denial of Service (DOS) in SAP Business Objects Platform, Enterprise 4.10 and 4.20, that could allow an attacker to prevent legitimate users from accessing a service.

The bug was discovered 12/12/2017. The weakness was released 12/12/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at blogs.sap.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-16683 since 11/09/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. A authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 102146†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-110506, VDB-110507, VDB-110508 and VDB-110509. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sap.com

Advisory: blogs.sap.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-16683 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-16683
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-110511
SecurityFocus: 102146 - SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform CVE-2017-16683 Denial of Service Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150716
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/13/2017 07:37
Updated: 12/13/2019 22:21
Changes: 12/13/2017 07:37 (57), 12/13/2019 22:21 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:927:103

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