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Potential remote termination of running processes in Content Server, SAP security note 2127995

SAP Note 2127995

SAP security note 2127995, "Potential remote termination of running processes in Content Server". Below are the symptom, SAP recommended solution and the affected software components.

Description

Symptom

An attacker can remotely exploit SAP Content Server and can potentially terminate it.

Solution

Please implement the following manual activities:

WarningYou must perform this manual activity separately in each system into which you transport the Note for implementation.

Please refer to note 514500 and update to SAP Content Server 6.50 SP03.

Reason and prerequisites

The issue is caused by a memory corruption that leads to the termination of the process. An attacker can provoke a condition where the process attempts to read outside its memory space, causing a memory protection fault. As a result, the system terminates the process, rendering the application unusable until it is manually restarted.

CVSS

Score 8.3 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

References

Affected components

  • CONTSERV 6.50

Full note on SAP: SAP Support Launchpad note 2127995

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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