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Missing authorization check for maintenance of trust, SAP security note 1640584

SAP Note 1640584
SAP Security Note
Medium priority

SAP security note 1640584, "Missing authorization check for maintenance of trust", is a program error note released on 14.08.2018. Below are the symptom and SAP recommended solution.

ComponentBasis Components > Middleware > RFC
CategoryProgram error
PriorityMedium priority
TypeSAP Security Note
Version2
StatusReleased for Customer
Released on14.08.2018
LanguageEnglish

Description

Symptom

Missing authorization check for access control for trusts.

Solution

Please import the relevant support package.

Reason and prerequisites

During the access control for RFC and HTTP requests that use a trust between the involved systems, authorization checks that verify the authorization of an authenticated user to access certain functions are missing. This can result in undesired system behavior.

Full note on SAP: SAP Support Launchpad note 1640584

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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