CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-0984

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2014-04-17 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2014-04-17
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-264

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.

Affected configurations

• sap router 710 • sap router 720 • sap router 721

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

  • CWE-1254 Incorrect Comparison Logic Granularity weakness
  • CWE-208 Observable Timing Discrepancy weakness

References