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External commands and SNC, SAP security note 1334964

SAP Note 1334964
SAP Security Note
Medium priority

SAP security note 1334964, “External commands and SNC”, is a program error note released on 08.10.2009. Below are the symptom, SAP recommended solution and reason and prerequisites.

ComponentBasis Components > Computer Center Management System (CCMS) > Background Processing > External and Logical Commands
CategoryProgram error
PriorityCorrection with medium priority
TypeSAP Security Note
Version5
StatusReleased for Customer
Released on08.10.2009
LanguageEnglish

Description

Symptom

You want to ensure that no intruder calls external commands in your system.

Solution

You can now authenticate the caller of an external command using SNC (Secure Network Communication). (Technical information: Since an external command is always called via the RFC server program sapxpg, the caller is authenticated by sapxpg.)

You must activate the new function because it is not the default setting. To use the new function, you must make settings on the calling side (SAP system) and on the target side (sapxpg). The attached document describes this topic in detail.

Reason and prerequisites

An authentication of the caller is missing in the previous security measure that is described in Note 866732.

Full note on SAP: SAP Support Launchpad note 1334964

Detailed exploitation and proof-of-concept material for this note is maintained in the RedRays Security Platform. For access, contact [email protected].

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