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SAP Afaria 7 Denial Of Service

SAP Afaria 7 Denial Of Service
Posted Jun 18, 2015
Authored by Vahagn Vardanyan

SAP Afaria version 7 suffers from a denial of service vulnerability in the XcListener module XeClient.Dll.

tags | advisory, denial of service
advisories | CVE-2015-2820
SHA-256 | 4503c9ec3011161fd5c3290385f680e3e08aa75980cccaccad5ba5c7f657478f

SAP Afaria 7 Denial Of Service

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ERPSCAN Research Advisory [ERPSCAN-15-008] SAP Afaria 7 XcListener - DoS 
in the module XeClient.Dll

Application: SAP Afaria 7
Versions Affected: SAP Afaria 7, probably others
Vendor URL: http://SAP.com
Bugs: DoS
Sent: 09.12.2014
Reported: 09.12.2014
Vendor response: 10.12.2014
Date of Public Advisory: 18.06.2015
Reference: SAP Security Note 2132584
Author: Vahagn Vardanyan (ERPScan)


Description


1. ADVISORY INFORMATION
Title: SAP Afaria 7 XcListener - DoS
Advisory ID: [ERPSCAN-15-008]
Risk: High
Advisory URL:
http://erpscan.com/advisories/erpscan-15-008-sap-afaria-7-xclistener-buffer-overflow
Date published: 15.03.2015
Vendors contacted: SAP


2. VULNERABILITY INFORMATION
Class: DoS [CWE-400]
Impact: DoS
Remotely Exploitable: Yes
Locally Exploitable: No
CVE Name: CVE-2015-2820


3. VULNERABILITY DESCRIPTION
It is possible to use denial of service to terminate the process of the
vulnerable component. As a result, nobody can use this service, which
has a negative influence on business processes. System downtime also
harms business reputation.


4. VULNERABLE PACKAGES
SAP Afaria 7
Other versions are probably affected too, but they were not checked.


5. SOLUTIONS AND WORKAROUNDS
A vulnerability has been discovered in certain landscape configurations
of SAP Afaria that utilize XcListener for initiating client-to-server
communications. SAP has released security patches for the vulnerable
clients, Windows Mobile, Windows CE, and Windows. Windows Phone is not
affected. SAP strongly recommends that customers patch their servers.

Patching instructions:
1) Download hotfix
1. SAP Afaria 7 SP5 Hotfix 8
2. SAP Afaria 7 SP4 Hotfix 16
2) Apply server hotfix
The server version of XcListener will be patched when the hotfix is
applied. The clients will be updated through the Afaria ESD process as
they connect to the server.


6. AUTHOR
Vahagn Vardanyan (ERPScan)


7. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
An anonymous attacker can use a special request to crash the XcListener
process on the server.


8. REPORT TIMELINE
Sent: 09.12.2014
Reported: 09.12.2014
Vendor response: 10.12.2014
Date of Public Advisory: 18.06.2015


9. REFERENCES
http://erpscan.com/advisories/erpscan-15-008-sap-afaria-7-xclistener-buffer-overflow


10. ABOUT ERPScan Research
The company’s expertise is based on the research subdivision of ERPScan,
which is engaged in vulnerability research and analysis of critical
enterprise applications. It has achieved multiple acknowledgments from
the largest software vendors like SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, VMware,
HP for discovering more than 400 vulnerabilities in their solutions (200
of them just in SAP!).
ERPScan researchers are proud to have exposed new types of
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ERPScan experts have been invited to speak, present, and train at 60+
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We have highly qualified experts in staff with experience in many
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11. ABOUT ERPScan
ERPScan is one of the most respected and credible Business Application
Security providers. Founded in 2010, the company operates globally.
Named an Emerging vendor in Security by CRN and distinguished by more
than 25 other awards, ERPScan is the leading SAP SE partner in
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ERPScan’s primary mission is to close the gap between technical and
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