CVE-2017-5997 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The SAP Message Server HTTP daemon in SAP KERNEL 7.21-7.49 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and process crash) via multiple msgserver/group?group= requests with a crafted size of the group parameter, aka SAP Security Note 2358972.

Published: 2017-02-15

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_kernel:7.21:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_kernel:7.22:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_kernel:7.42:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-15065	The SAP Message Server HTTP daemon in SAP KERNEL 7.21-7.49 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and process crash) via multiple msgserver/group?group= requests with a crafted size of the group parameter, aka SAP Security Note 2358972.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00736.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-16-038-sap-message-server-http-remote-dos/

History

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Subscriptions

Sap Sap Kernel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-15T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:18:49.484Z

Reserved: 2017-02-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-5997

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-15T19:59:01.330

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-5997

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-772

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