Crystal ReportsApplication · Sap

CVE-2010-3032

HIGH · 10.0 CVSS v2.0 Published 2010-08-17
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Integer overflow in the OBGIOPServerWorker::extractHeader function in the ebus-3-3-2-6.dll module in SAP Crystal Reports 2008 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a GIOP packet with a crafted size, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

Integer overflow in the OBGIOPServerWorker::extractHeader function in the ebus-3-3-2-6.dll module of SAP Crystal Reports 2008 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a GIOP packet with a crafted size field, triggering a heap-based buffer overflow.

MitigationApply available SAP security patches for Crystal Reports 2008; if unavailable, disable or restrict network access to the GIOP service and monitor for exploit attempts.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Crystal ReportsApplication
Affected:= 2008

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm Crystal Reports 2008 installation
    Check installed programs in Control Panel or query registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall for SAP Crystal Reports 2008 entry
    Affected if Crystal Reports 2008 is listed as installed
  2. Verify the vulnerable DLL exists
    Search for file ebus-3-3-2-6.dll in the Crystal Reports installation directory (commonly C:\Program Files\SAP BusinessObjects\ or C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\)
    Affected if The file ebus-3-3-2-6.dll is present on the system
  3. Check GIOP service exposure
    Look for the Crystal Reports GIOP server listening on typical GIOP ports (often TCP port 8090 or dynamic ports). Use netstat -an or similar network scanning tool to detect listeners on GIOP-related ports
    Affected if The GIOP service is listening on a network port and accessible to untrusted users
  4. Identify Crystal Reports version number
    Right-click on the installed Crystal Reports executable or check program properties to confirm exact version build. Compare against affected version range
    Affected if The installed version is confirmed as Crystal Reports 2008 (exact match)

The environment is affected if SAP Crystal Reports 2008 is installed and the GIOP service module (ebus-3-3-2-6.dll) is exposed on the network.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Apply available SAP security patches for Crystal Reports 2008; if unavailable, disable or restrict network access to the GIOP service and monitor for exploit attempts.

Fix this in Crystal Reports Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation2.0 h
  • Testing8.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
18.0 hours of engineering $3,080
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