CVE-2016-5845 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the SAPCAR utility by providing an archive with an invalid file name, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-5845?
CVE-2016-5845 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Aug 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
SAP SAPCAR does not check the return value of file operations when extracting files, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) via an invalid file name in an archive file, aka SAP Security Note 2312905.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5845?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sap Sapcar.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5845?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5845 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-2016-5845 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-5845 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6ff5-385g-v6vf.