Advisory
SAP takes the security of its vast product portfolio very seriously and thus releases security fixes for
vulnerabilities reported by external researchers and their customers every second Tuesday of the month.
SAP Note 2593479
was released on
15.06.2018 and deals with
"Checking server certificates and host name of managed systems" within Java.
We advice you to follow the instructions, to resolve
missing security configuration
with a
low potential for exploitation
in component SV-SMG-DIA-SRV-AGT.
According to SAP Security Advisory team a workaround does not exist. It is advisable to implement the correction as project.
Risk specification
This note has been re-released with updated ‘Reason and Prerequisites’ information. The managed system server certificate is not checked by default when a Solution Manager Diagnostics Agent connects to a managed system.Solution
This note describes how to set up an HTTPS or SSL connection between Diagnostic Agents and its managed systems so that the corresponding server certificate will be checked.
Affected System
SAP Netweaver Application Server Java is part of the SAP NetWeaver Application Platform. It provides the complete infrastructure for deploying and running Java applications.
- The AS Java Home: SAP Netweaver Application Server Java wiki
- A dedicated SAP NetWeaver 7.40 Application Server for Java Security Guide exists.
The advisory is valid for
- nan 19
