CVE-2009-4603 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in SAP NetWeaver Management Console via crafted requests to sapstartsrv.exe.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2009-4603?

CVE-2009-4603 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Jan 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in sapstartsrv.exe in the SAP Kernel 6.40, 7.00, 7.01, 7.10, 7.11, and 7.20, as used in SAP NetWeaver 7.x and SAP Web Application Server 6.x and 7.x, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Management Console shutdown) via a crafted request. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-4603?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sap Sap Kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2009-4603?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-4603 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2009-4603 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-4603 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-ppm8-x2wc-89pm.

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