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 3101406 was released on 12.10.2021 and deals with "Potential XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability in SAP Environmental Compliance" within Java. We advice you to follow the instructions, to resolve external entity tunneling (xxe) with a hot news potential for exploitation in component XAP-EM.

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

Risk specification

Functionality Data Import from Excel Template in SAP Environmental Compliance 3.0 uses open-source software component versions having vulnerabilities CVE-2020-10683, BDSA-2017-0180, CVE-2021-23926. Consequently, this functionality is potentially at risk of XML External Entity Injection attack.

Solution

Two open-source software component versions are replaced by secure versions. Additionally, a new optional API no longer uses the vulnerable open-source software component.

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

TDAG_ECS_MODULES 300
TDAG_ECS_SERVICES 300
TDAG_XEM_MODULES 300

Releated advisories

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Notifications

Affected system Java

CVSS 9.8

Component XAP-EM

Patch Day2021-10

Released on2021/10/12

SAP Note 3101406

Workaround No

Advisory

Risk specification

Solution

Affected System

Disclaimer

_{Affected system}
Java

_CVSS
9.8

_Component
XAP-EM

_{Patch Day}
2021-10

_{Released
on}
2021/10/12

_{SAP Note}
3101406

_Workaround
No