RFC Patch Collection 02 2003, SAP security note 617549

SAP security note 617549, "RFC Patch Collection 02 2003", was released on 08.10.2009. Below are the symptom, SAP recommended solution and the affected software components.

Description

Symptom

This is a program error in the remote function call area.

Solution

The following errors and enhancements were corrected with this Patch Collection:

• Release 4.6D: (617703) GUID: fixed generation of doubled GUID on AIX; (617670) fixed leak while sending many tables with RFC.
• Release 6.20: (617703) GUID: fixed generation of doubled GUID on AIX; (617670) fixed leak while sending many tables with TRFC; corrected error messages issued if a Unicode conversion error occurs; the RFC library performs a logon before SAPGUI is started using 'SYSTEM_RFC_VERSION_3_INIT' calls, after which the complete authorization check is performed.

The errors are corrected with the following Support Package levels: 46D: ABAP kernel patch level 1503; 620: ABAP kernel patch level 792.

Reason and prerequisites

Various errors in the kernel and RFC library.

Affected components

• SAP_BASIS: 46C to 46D+
• SAP_BASIS: 610 to 640+