# CVE-2010-3980: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can cause denial of service in SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise by requesting an excessive number of CUIDs.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2010
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w247-hc6c-86q8

## What is CVE-2010-3980?

CVE-2010-3980 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Oct 2010. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dswsbobje in SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.2 does not limit the number of CUIDs that may be requested, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a large numCuids value in a GenerateCuids SOAPAction to the dswsbobje/services/biplatform URI.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3980?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Businessobjects.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-3980?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-3980 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2010-3980 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3980 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2015-7730](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7730/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2014-9387](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9387/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2019-0259](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0259/): File upload in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform Servers (Enterprise) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2010-3983](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3983/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2022-28214](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28214/): Information disclosure in SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise (Central Management Server) (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-3980 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-3980 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Oct 2010. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3980 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-2010-3980/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3980/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3980
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3980
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-3980

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