Advisory
A note with CVSS 4.1 for component BC-CST-IC was released by SAP on 09.01.2024. The correction/advisory 3392626 was described with "[CVE-2024-22124] Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Internet Communication Manager" and affects the system type Kernel / Web Dispatcher.
A workaround exists, according to SAP Security Advisory team. It is advisable to implement the correction as part of maintenance.
The vulnerability addressed is information disclosure within Kernel / Web Dispatcher.
Information disclosure is when an application fails to properly protect sensitive and confidential information from
parties that are not supposed to have access to the subject matter in normal circumstances.
Carefully review every information disclosure vulnerablity in regards to disclosure obligations post-GDPR for
‘Personal data’ under the Data Protection Act 2018.
Risk specification
The SAP Internet Communication Manager does allow an unauthenticated attacker to access data that should be restricted, resulting in an information disclosure.Solution
ICM as well as Web Dispatcher does no longer copy specific sensitive data into log files. Although an alternative solution exists, it is advisable to apply the correction! This is the workaround, which was suggested by the SAP security experts: "If feasible, avoid LOGFORMAT configurations as shown in the "Reason and Prerequisites" section, so that sensitive session cookies are not logged.".
The advisory is valid for
- KERNEL 7.22 25
- KERNEL 7.53 38
- KERNEL 7.54 17
- KRNL64NUC 7.22 31
- KRNL64NUC 7.22EXT 31
- KRNL64UC 7.22 31
- KRNL64UC 7.22EXT 31
- KRNL64UC 7.53 38
- WEBDISP 7.22_EXT 7
- WEBDISP 7.53 15
- WEBDISP 7.54 7
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