Application: SAP ASE

Versions Affected: SAP ASE ODATA Server v16

Vendor URL: http://SAP.com

Bugs: Denial of Service

Sent: 01.02.2016

Reported: 02.02.2016

Vendor response: 02.02.2016

Date of Public Advisory: 12.10.2016

Reference: SAP Security Note 2330422

Author: Vahagn @vah_13 Vardanyan (ERPScan)



Description

1. ADVISORY INFORMATION

Title:[ERPSCAN-16-036] SAP ASE ODATA SERVER a DENIAL OF SERVICE

Advisory ID:[ERPSCAN-16-036]

Risk: high

Advisory URL:
https://erpscan.com/advisories/erpscan-16-036-sap-ase-odata-server-denial-service/

Date published: 11.01.2017

Vendors contacted: SAP


2. VULNERABILITY INFORMATION

Class: Denial of Service

Impact: Resource Exhaustion

Remotely Exploitable: yes

Locally Exploitable: no

CVE: CVE-2017-5371

CVSS Information

CVSS Base Score v3:    7.5 / 10

CVSS Base Vector:

AV : Attack Vector (Related exploit range) Network (N)

AC : Attack Complexity (Required attack complexity) Low (L)

PR : Privileges Required (Level of privileges needed to exploit) None (N)

UI : User Interaction (Required user participation) None (N)

S : Scope (Change in scope due to impact caused to components beyond the
vulnerable component) Unchanged (U)

C : Impact to Confidentiality None (N)

I : Impact to Integrity None (N)

A : Impact to Availability High (H)



3. VULNERABILITY DESCRIPTION

An attacker can trigger a condition in which the process ceases to run.
This condition can be intentionally provoked by an attacker to cause
a denial of service.


4. VULNERABLE PACKAGES


SIQ

16.0


SQL_ANYWHERE_PERSONAL_SERVER

16.0


SYBASE_ASE_SERVER

15.7


SYBASE_ASE_SERVER

16.0

SYBASE_ASE_CE_SERVER

15.7

5. SOLUTIONS AND WORKAROUNDS

To correct this vulnerability, install SAP Security Note  2330422

6. AUTHOR

Vahagn Vardanyan (ERPScan)


7. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

By sending the special request to the SAP ASE Odata Server
(C:\SAP\ODATA-16_0\bin64), you can crash it.


8. REPORT TIMELINE

Reported: 02.02.2016

Vendor response: 02.02.2016

Date of Public Advisory: 12.10.2016


9. REFERENCES

https://erpscan.com/advisories/erpscan-16-036-sap-ase-odata-server-denial-service/

10. ABOUT ERPScan Research

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