Lotus Domino Mail Loop Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:3212

Info

Lotus Domino Mail Loop Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3212
Class: Configuration Error
CVE: CVE-2000-1203
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 20 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 07:56AM
Credit: Reported originally by SMILER <[email protected]> on March 22, 2000 and again by Ian Gulliver <[email protected]> on August 20, 2001.
Vulnerable: Lotus Domino 5.0.8
Lotus Domino 5.0.7
- HP HP-UX 9.9
- HP HP-UX 9.9
- IBM AIX 4.3
- IBM AIX 4.3
- IBM OS/2 4.5 Warp
- IBM OS/2 4.5 Warp
- IBM OS/390 V2R9
- IBM OS/390 V2R9
- Linux kernel 2.3
- Linux kernel 2.3
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Lotus Domino 5.0.6
- HP HP-UX 9.9
- HP HP-UX 9.9
- IBM AIX 4.3
- IBM AIX 4.3
- IBM OS/2 4.5 Warp
- IBM OS/2 4.5 Warp
- IBM OS/390 V2R9
- IBM OS/390 V2R9
- Linux kernel 2.3
- Linux kernel 2.3
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Lotus Domino 5.0.5
- HP HP-UX 9.9
- HP HP-UX 9.9
- IBM AIX 4.3
- IBM AIX 4.3
- IBM OS/2 4.5 Warp
- IBM OS/2 4.5 Warp
- IBM OS/390 V2R9
- IBM OS/390 V2R9
- Linux kernel 2.3
- Linux kernel 2.3
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Lotus Domino 5.0.4
- HP HP-UX 9.9
- HP HP-UX 9.9
- IBM AIX 4.3
- IBM AIX 4.3
- IBM OS/2 4.5 Warp
- IBM OS/2 4.5 Warp
- IBM OS/390 V2R9
- IBM OS/390 V2R9
- Linux kernel 2.3
- Linux kernel 2.3
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Lotus Domino 5.0.3
- HP HP-UX 9.9
- HP HP-UX 9.9
- IBM AIX 4.3
- IBM AIX 4.3
- IBM OS/2 4.5 Warp
- IBM OS/2 4.5 Warp
- IBM OS/390 V2R9
- IBM OS/390 V2R9
- Linux kernel 2.3
- Linux kernel 2.3
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Lotus Domino 5.0.2
- HP HP-UX 9.9
- HP HP-UX 9.9
- IBM AIX 4.3
- IBM AIX 4.3
- IBM OS/2 4.5 Warp
- IBM OS/2 4.5 Warp
- IBM OS/390 V2R9
- IBM OS/390 V2R9
- Linux kernel 2.3
- Linux kernel 2.3
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Lotus Domino 5.0.1
- HP HP-UX 9.9
- HP HP-UX 9.9
- IBM AIX 4.3
- IBM AIX 4.3
- IBM OS/2 4.5 Warp
- IBM OS/2 4.5 Warp
- IBM OS/390 V2R9
- IBM OS/390 V2R9
- Linux kernel 2.3
- Linux kernel 2.3
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Lotus Domino 4.6.4
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Lotus Domino 4.6.3
Lotus Domino 4.6.1
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable: Lotus Domino 5.0.10
Lotus Domino 5.0.9 a
Lotus Domino 5.0.9

Discussion

Lotus Domino Mail Loop Denial of Service Vulnerability

A potential denial of service vulnerability exists in some versions of Lotus Domino server.

The problem occurs when a message is received by the server with the mail recipient set as being at a domain that is not local to the server, and the sender as bounce@[127.0.0.1].

If this occurs, the server will attempt to bounce the message and will go into a bounce loop and consume all of the system's CPU, requiring that the server be restarted and the message be manually removed from the queue.

Solution / Fix

Lotus Domino Mail Loop Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
This issue is fixed in Domino 5.0.9.

References

Lotus Domino Mail Loop Denial of Service Vulnerability

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