Advisory

A note with CVSS 2.2 for component BI-RA-CRE was released by SAP on 14.01.2025. The correction/advisory 3492169 was described with "Multiple Buffer overflow vulnerabilities in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Crystal Reports for Enterprise)" and affects the system type BI/BO platform.

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

The vulnerability addressed is denial of service (dos) within BI/BO platform.

Denial of Service (DoS) attacks that take a system offline may lead to significant cost for the company, studies quantify the costs in average between 4 and 5 millions dollars. Business continuity requires SAP systems staying online. The CVSS scores or vulnerability descriptions are not enough to represent how a simple bug can lead to a significant loss for companies.

Risk specification

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Crystal Reports for Enterprise) allows an attacker with administrative privileges to exploit a buffer overflow by crafting specific parameters, potentially leading to application crashes and service disruptions.

Solution

The application has been updated to utilize a secure version of the Apache Commons Configuration library, effectively mitigating the risk of buffer overflow attacks.

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 ⁷⁹

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Notifications

Affected system BI/BO platform

CVSS 2.2

Component BI-RA-CRE

Patch Day2025-01

Released on2025/01/14

SAP Note 3492169

Workaround No

Advisory

Risk specification

Solution

Affected System

Disclaimer

_{Affected system}
BI/BO platform

_CVSS
2.2

_Component
BI-RA-CRE

_{Patch Day}
2025-01

_{Released
on}
2025/01/14

_{SAP Note}
3492169

_Workaround
No