CVE-2023-40308
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-12 01:21
Modified
2024-09-26 18:22
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
SAP CommonCryptoLib allows an unauthenticated attacker to craft a request, which when submitted to an open port causes a memory corruption error in a library which in turn causes the target component to crash making it unavailable. There is no ability to view or modify any information.
References
▼ | URL | Tags | |
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cna@sap.com | https://me.sap.com/notes/3327896 | Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory | |
cna@sap.com | https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html | Vendor Advisory | |
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://me.sap.com/notes/3327896 | Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory | |
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html | Vendor Advisory |
Impacted products
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▼ | SAP_SE | SAP CommonCryptoLib |
Version: 8 |
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