[Onapsis Security Advisory 2011-014] SAP WebAS Remote Denial of Service

[Onapsis Research Labs <research () onapsis com>]

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?Onapsis Security Advisory 2011-014: SAP WebAS Remote Denial of Service


1. Impact on Business
=========================

By exploiting this vulnerability, an unauthenticated attacker would be able to remotely disrupt the SAP Application 
Server.
This would result in the total unavailability of the ERP functionality, preventing company users from performing the 
required business processes.

 Risk Level: High

2. Advisory Information
===========================

- - Release Date: 2011-09-14

- - Last Revised: 2011-09-14

- - Security Advisory ID: ONAPSIS-2011-014

- - Onapsis SVS ID: ONAPSIS-00039

- - Researcher: Mariano Nuñez Di Croce


3. Vulnerability Information
==============================

- - Vendor: SAP

- - Affected Components:

        * SAP Web Application Server 7.00 Patch Number 95
        ( Check note 1553930 for detailed information on affected releases)

- - Vulnerability Class: Abuse of designed functionality

- - Remotely Exploitable: Yes

- - Locally Exploitable: No

- - Authentication Required: Yes

- - Original Advisory: http://www.onapsis.com/resources/get.php?resid=adv_onapsis-2011-014


4. Affected Components Description
===================================

The SAP Web Application Server provides access to many services through a Web engine, called the SAP Internet 
Communication Framework (ICM).


5. Vulnerability Details
=========================

 It was detected that the ?cachetest? service suffers from an input validation vulnerability.
This interface can be abused by a malicious attacker to put the system under continuous, high-load conditions leading 
to a denial of service condition.

Further technical details about this issue are not disclosed at this moment with the purpose of providing enough time 
to affected customers to patch
their systems and protect against the exploitation of the described vulnerability.

6. Solution
============

SAP has released SAP Note 1553930 which provide patched versions of the affected components.
The patches can be downloaded from https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1553930

Onapsis strongly recommends SAP customers to download the related security fixes and apply them to the affected 
components in order to reduce business
risks.


7. Report Timeline
====================

        * 2011-01-24: Onapsis provides vulnerability information to SAP.
        * 2011-01-25: SAP confirms reception of vulnerability submission.
        * 2011-06-14: SAP releases SAP Note 1553930 fixing the vulnerability.
        * 2011-09-14: Onapsis releases security advisory.


About Onapsis Research Labs
===========================

Onapsis is continuously investing resources in the research of the security of business critical systems and 
applications.

With that objective in mind, a special unit ? the Onapsis Research Labs ? has been developed since the creation of the 
company. The experts involved
in this special team lead the public research trends in this matter, having discovered and published many of the public 
security vulnerabilities in
these platforms.

The outcome of this advanced and cutting-edge research is continuously provided to the Onapsis Consulting and 
Development teams, improving the quality
of our solutions and enabling our customers to be protected from the latest risks to their critical business 
information.

Furthermore, the results of this research projects are usually shared with the general security and professional 
community, encouraging the sharing of
information and increasing the common knowledge in this field.

About Onapsis
=============

Onapsis is the leading provider of solutions for the security of ERP systems and business-critical applications. 
Through different innovative products
and services, Onapsis helps its global customers to effectively increase the security level of their core business 
platforms, protecting their
information and decreasing financial fraud risks.

Onapsis is built upon a team of world-renowned experts in the SAP security field, with several years of experience in 
the assessment and protection of
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Copyright (c) 2011 Onapsis SRL. All rights reserved.
This advisory may be distributed as long as its distribution is free-of-charge and proper credit is given.
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