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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Jan 2010
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ppm8-x2wc-89pm

## 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: 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.

## Is CVE-2009-4603 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2017-16689](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-16689/): Auth bypass in Trusted RFC connection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-0365](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0365/): Denial of service in SAP GUI for Java (BC-FES-JAV) (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2018-2433](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2433/): Denial of service in SAP Gateway (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2018-2360](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2360/): Missing authorization in SAP Startup Service (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2017-5997](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5997/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-4603 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4603/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4603/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4603
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4603
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-4603

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4603/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.