CVE-2023-33990 Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in SAP SQL Anywhere
A local low-privileged attacker can crash the SAP SQL Anywhere service or modify shared memory data on Windows systems.
- 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-2023-33990?
CVE-2023-33990 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP SQL Anywhere, published on 11 Jul 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
SAP SQL Anywhere - version 17.0, allows an attacker to prevent legitimate users from accessing the service by crashing the service. An attacker with low privileged account and access to the local system can write into the shared memory objects. This can be leveraged by an attacker to perform a Denial of Service. Further, an attacker might be able to modify sensitive data in shared memory objects.This issue only affects SAP SQL Anywhere on Windows. Other platforms are not impacted.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-33990?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sap Sql Anywhere.
How do I fix CVE-2023-33990?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-33990 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-2023-33990 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-33990 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-fj2m-7r3q-j27x.