Application: SAP Afaria 7 Versions Affected: SAP Afaria 7, probably others Vendor URL: http://SAP.com Bugs: Buffer Overflow Sent: 13.03.2015 Reported: 14.03.2015 Vendor response: 14.03.2015 Date of Public Advisory: 18.05.2015 Reference: SAP Security Note 2153690 Author: Dmitry Chastukhin (ERPScan) Description 1. ADVISORY INFORMATION Title: SAP Afaria 7 Advisory ID: [ERPSCAN-15-012] Risk: High Advisory URL: http://erpscan.com/advisories/erpscan-15-012-sap-afaria-7-xcomms-bof/ Date published: 18.05.2015 Vendors contacted: SAP 2. VULNERABILITY INFORMATION Class: XML External Entity [CWE-121] Impact: Information disclosure, DoS Remotely Exploitable: Yes Locally Exploitable: No CVE Name: CVE-2015-4092 3. VULNERABILITY DESCRIPTION 1) Buffer Overflow: A vulnerability has been discovered in certain landscape configurations of SAP Afaria that utilize XComms for client-to-server communications. XComms is only used for Android, Windows Mobile, and Win32 clients. 2) Information Disclosure: An encrypted password is left in the file system that is not needed for server operation. (CVSS Score: 1.9, LMN|PNN) 3) Denial of Service (DoS): An attacker can remotely exploit the SAP Afaria Package Server, rendering it, and potentially the resources utilized by the Afaria server, unavailable. (CVSS Score: 7.8, NLN|NNC) 4. VULNERABLE PACKAGES SAP Afaria 7 Other versions are probably affected too, but they were not checked. 5. SOLUTIONS AND WORKAROUNDS Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in certain landscape configurations of SAP Afaria. SAP has released a security patch to address the vulnerabilities. SAP strongly recommends that customers update their landscapes. Patch Instructions: 1) Download hotfix. - SAP Afaria 7 SP5: Download Hotfix 11 2) Apply server hotfix (SAP Security Note 2153690) SAP takes any security-related reports very seriously, and we will notify our customers as relevant new information on this topic becomes available. Customers may also contact SAP support by raising a customer incident on the component MOB-AFA. 6. AUTHOR Dmitry Chastukhin (ERPScan) 7. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION An attacker can generate and send a special request to the server to exploit a buffer overflow vulnerability. 8. REPORT TIMELINE Sent: 13.03.2015 Reported: 14.03.2015 Vendor response: 14.03.2015 Date of Public Advisory: 18.05.2015 9. REFERENCES http://erpscan.com/advisories/erpscan-15-012-sap-afaria-7-xcomms-bof/ 10. ABOUT ERPScan Research The company?s expertise is based on the research subdivision of ERPScan, which is engaged in vulnerability research and analysis of critical enterprise applications. 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