SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP Command Injection (June 2021)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 150719

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Synopsis

The remote SAP NetWeaver server is affected by a Command Injection vulnerability.

Description

A command injection vulnerability exists in SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP due to improperly restricting I/O buffering. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, to insert cleartext commands into encrypted SMTP sessions over the network which can partially impact the integrity of the application.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Apply the appropriate patch according to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 150719

File Name: sap_netweaver_as_3030604.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: Web Servers

Published: 6/11/2021

Updated: 7/15/2021

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-33663

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:sap:netweaver_application_server

Required KB Items: installed_sw/SAP Netweaver Application Server (AS), Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-33663

IAVA: 2021-A-0281

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