IBM Lotus Notes Local NOTES.INI Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:13447

Info

IBM Lotus Notes Local NOTES.INI Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13447
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2005-1442
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Apr 29 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 02:06PM
Credit: Ollie Whitehouse of Symantec is credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable: IBM Lotus Notes 6.5.3
IBM Lotus Notes 6.5.2
IBM Lotus Notes 6.5.1
IBM Lotus Notes 6.5
IBM Lotus Notes 6.0.4
IBM Lotus Notes 6.0.3
IBM Lotus Notes 6.0.2
IBM Lotus Notes 6.0.1
IBM Lotus Notes 6.0
Not Vulnerable: IBM Lotus Notes 6.5.4
IBM Lotus Notes 6.0.5

Discussion

IBM Lotus Notes Local NOTES.INI Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Lotus Notes is affected by a local buffer overflow vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly validate the length of user-supplied strings prior to copying them into static process buffers.

An attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user that activated the vulnerable application. This may facilitate privilege escalation.

Exploit / POC

IBM Lotus Notes Local NOTES.INI Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

IBM Lotus Notes Local NOTES.INI Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released upgrades dealing with this issue. Users are advised to contact the vendor for more information on obtaining upgraded software. For more information, please see the reference section.

References

IBM Lotus Notes Local NOTES.INI Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

References:
© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report