CVE-2018-2473 Denial of service in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform Server

Medium 6.5 Published 13 Nov 2018 Updated 5 Aug 2024

An attacker can cause a denial of service in SAP BusinessObjects by crashing or flooding the Web Intelligence Richclient gateway.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2018-2473?

CVE-2018-2473 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform Server, published on 13 Nov 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform Server, versions 4.1 and 4.2, when using Web Intelligence Richclient 3 tiers mode gateway allows an attacker to prevent legitimate users from accessing a service, either by crashing or flooding the service.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2473?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence.

How do I fix CVE-2018-2473?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2473 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-2018-2473 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2473 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5j3r-2r5c-vf28.