# CVE-2020-6317: Information disclosure in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise

> Local attackers with regular user credentials can access sensitive information in ASE cockpit installation log files.

- **Severity:** Low 2.6 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Nov 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7x8g-hv53-vc47

## What is CVE-2020-6317?

CVE-2020-6317 is a low-severity vulnerability in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise, published on 30 Nov 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In certain situations, an attacker with regular user credentials and local access to an ASE cockpit installation can access sensitive information which appears in the installation log files. This information although sensitive is of limited utility and cannot be used to further access, modify or render unavailable any other information in the cockpit or system. This affects SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise, Versions - 15.7, 16.0.

Weakness: CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6317?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Adaptive Server Enterprise.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-6317?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-6317 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-6317 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6317 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise

- [CVE-2022-31595](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31595/): Missing authorization in SAP Financial Consolidation (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-6241](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6241/): SQL injection in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-6243](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6243/): Code injection in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (XP Server on Windows Platform) (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2022-22528](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22528/): Privilege escalation in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-2468](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2468/): Information disclosure in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-6317 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-6317 is a low-severity vulnerability in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise, published on 30 Nov 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6317 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise. 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-2020-6317/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6317/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6317
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6317
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-6317

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