CVE-2017-16691
Description
SAP Note Assistant tool (SAP BASIS from 7.00 to 7.02, from 7.10 to 7.11, 7.30, 7.31,7.40, from 7.50 to 7.52) supports upload of digitally signed note file of type 'SAR'. The digital signature verification is done together with the extraction of note file contained in the SAR archive. It is possible to append a tampered file to the SAR archive using SAPCAR tool and during the extraction, digital signature verification fails but the tampered file is extracted.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101822
- https://blogs.sap.com/2017/12/12/sap-security-patch-day-december-2017/
- https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2546220
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101822
- https://blogs.sap.com/2017/12/12/sap-security-patch-day-december-2017/
- https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2546220
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.