Lotus Domino Remote Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

BID:4022

Info

Lotus Domino Remote Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4022
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 04 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 04 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Published by Gabriel A. Maggiotti <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Lotus Domino 5.0.9 a
Lotus Domino 5.0.9
Lotus Domino 5.0.8
Lotus Domino 5.0.7 a
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 5.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Lotus Domino Remote Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Lotus Domino Server is an application framework for web based collaborative software. It runs on multiple platforms including Windows and Unix.

Database files (.nsf) may be protected with a password under Domino. If a remote request for the file is submitted with a maliciously constructed filename of the correct length, the authentication process may be bypassed.

There have been multiple reports that this is a known issue, and only allows the remote user to access template (.ntf) files. There have been reports that this issue is fixed in Domino 5.0.9.

Exploit / POC

Lotus Domino Remote Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

No exploit code is required to take advantage of this issue.

Solution / Fix

Lotus Domino Remote Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
It has been suggested that restricting anonymous access to sensitive files may prevent exploitation of this vulnerability.

There have been some reports that this issue is resolved in Lotus Domino 5.0.9, and in fully patched versions of 5.0.8.

References

Lotus Domino Remote Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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