CVE-2014-0984 Information

Description

The passwordCheck function in SAP Router 721 patch 117 720 patch 411 710 patch 029 and earlier terminates validation of a Route Permission Table entry password upon encountering the first incorrect character which allows remote attackers to obtain passwords via a brute-force attack that relies on timing differences in responses to incorrect password guesses aka a timing side-channel attack.

Reference

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-8218 http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/sap-router-password-timing-attack http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32919 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531854/100/0/threaded https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1986895