CVE-2017-14581 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2017-14581?

CVE-2017-14581 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sap Netweaver Application Server Java, published on 19 Sep 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Host Control web service in SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA 7.0 through 7.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a crafted request, aka SAP Security Note 2389181.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14581?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sap Netweaver Application Server Java.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14581?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-14581 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-2017-14581 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14581 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Sap Netweaver Application Server Java

• CVE-2020-6287 SAP NetWeaver Missing Authentication for Critical Function Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-5326 SAP NetWeaver Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2016-2386 SAP NetWeaver SQL Injection Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-12637 SAP NetWeaver Directory Traversal Exploited High 7.5
• CVE-2016-3976 SAP NetWeaver Directory Traversal Exploited High 7.5

All Sap Netweaver Application Server Java vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-vv7r-gx2q-jc58.