Advisory

On 14.05.2024 a security relevant correction has been released by SAP SE. The manufacturer resolves an issue within BI/BO platform.

SAP Note 3449093 addresses "[CVE-2024-33004] Insecure Storage vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Webservices)" to prevent insufficient security function with a medium risk for exploitation.

A workaround does not exist, according to SAP Security Advisory team. It is advisable to implement the correction as part of maintenance, the team suggests.

Risk specification

In SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, dynamic pages are cached allowing an unauthenticated attacker to view sensitive information even after logout.

Solution

The application will no longer cache dynamic pages whenever the cache is not managed properly.

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.

The advisory is valid for

ENTERPRISE 430 ⁷⁵
ENTERPRISE 440 ⁵

Releated advisories

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Notifications

Affected system BI/BO platform

CVSS 4.3

Component BI-BIP-INV

Patch Day2024-05

Released on2024/05/14

SAP Note 3449093

Workaround No

Advisory

Risk specification

Solution

Affected System

Disclaimer

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BI/BO platform

_CVSS
4.3

_Component
BI-BIP-INV

_{Patch Day}
2024-05

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2024/05/14

_{SAP Note}
3449093

_Workaround
No