CVE-2017-5997 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the SAP Message Server HTTP daemon, affecting SAP KERNEL versions 7.21-7.49. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending multiple crafted requests to the msgserver/group endpoint, leading to excessive memory consumption and a process crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_kernel:7.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_kernel:7.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.42CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_kernel:7.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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