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Potential modification of persisted data in HANA XS Administration, SAP security note 2067972

SAP Note 2067972
SAP Security Note
High priority

SAP security note 2067972, “Potential modification of persisted data in HANA XS Administration”, is a program error note released on 14.10.2014. Below are the symptom, SAP recommended solution and the affected software components.

ComponentSAP HANA > SAP HANA Application Services > SAP HANA Extended Application Services > SAP HANA XS Administration
CategoryProgram error
PriorityCorrection with high priority
TypeSAP Security Note
Version2
StatusReleased for Customer
Released on14.10.2014
LanguageEnglish

Description

Symptom

An attacker can exploit HANA XS Administration and use specially crafted inputs to modify database commands, resulting in the modification of configuration data persisted by the system.

Solution

The issue is fixed with HANA revision 83. Update to Revision 83 or later.

Reason and prerequisites

The problem is caused by an SQL injection vulnerability. The code composes an SQL statement that contains strings that can be altered by an attacker. The manipulated SQL statement can then be used to modify information in the configuration.

CVSS

Score 7.5 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/AU:S/C:N/I:P/A:C

Affected components

  • HDB 1.00 to 1.00

Full note on SAP: SAP Support Launchpad note 2067972

Detailed exploitation and proof-of-concept material for this note is maintained in the RedRays Security Platform. For access, contact [email protected].

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