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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Nov 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5j3r-2r5c-vf28

## 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: 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.

## Is CVE-2018-2473 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform Server

- [CVE-2023-40622](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40622/): Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Promotion Management) (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2022-41203](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41203/): Deserialization in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Central Management Console and BI Launchpad) (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2023-28765](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28765/): Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Promotion Management ) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-2445](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2445/): Server-side request forgery in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2023-28762](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28762/): Information Disclosure in SAP BusinessObjects Intelligence Platform (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-2473 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2473/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2473/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-2473
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2473
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-2473

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