Advisory

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SAP Note 3414195 was released on 12.03.2024 and deals with "[CVE-2023-50164] Path Traversal Vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Central Management Console)" within BI/BO platform. We advice you to follow the instructions, to resolve directory traversal with a high potential for exploitation in component BI-BIP-CMC.

According to SAP Security Advisory team a workaround does not exist. It is advisable to implement the correction as part of maintenance.

Risk specification

A vulnerability in Apache Struts used by SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform CMC enables an attacker with high privileges to manipulate file upload parameters for path traversal, potentially leading to the upload of a malicious file and remote code execution.

Solution

The problem has been resolved by updating the compromised open source library to a non-vulnerable version, eliminating the risk of path traversal and remote code execution.

Affected System

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence suite is an analytics platform allowing SAP customers to make better decisions based on their business data. SAP BI is a module meant for producing business insights and expands its power in combination with HANA DB and also exists as BW/4 HANA. Due to processing sensitive business data, the Data security is of utmost importance.

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Protecting your SAP^© systems against exploitation of directory traversal vulnerabilities is almost impossible without usage of an appropriate cybersecurity software.

Custom coding may be introduced at any moment. According to statistic, at least one vulnerability exists in a set of 1.000 source code lines. In consequence continuous code vulnerability assements are needed to protect your assets.

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Notifications

Affected system BI/BO platform

CVSS 7.2

Component BI-BIP-CMC

Patch Day2024-03

Released on2024/03/12

SAP Note 3414195

Workaround No

Advisory

Risk specification

Solution

Affected System

Disclaimer

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BI/BO platform

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7.2

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BI-BIP-CMC

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2024-03

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2024/03/12

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3414195

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No