CVE-2016-10079 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can crash the SAP GUI service by sending a long string to TCP port 515, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-10079?
CVE-2016-10079 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Feb 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
SAPlpd through 7400.3.11.33 in SAP GUI 7.40 on Windows has a Denial of Service vulnerability (service crash) with a long string to TCP port 515.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10079?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sap Saplpd.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10079?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-10079 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-10079 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10079 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rwqp-gxj4-x34x.