Lotus Notes/Domino Web Retriever Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:7038

Info

Lotus Notes/Domino Web Retriever Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7038
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0123
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 06 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 08:06PM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability credited to Rapid7, Inc.
Vulnerable: Lotus Notes Client 5.0.11
Lotus Notes Client 5.0.10
Lotus Notes Client 5.0.9 a
Lotus Notes Client 5.0.5
Lotus Notes Client 5.0.4
Lotus Notes Client 5.0.3
Lotus Notes Client 5.0.2
Lotus Notes Client 5.0.1
Lotus Notes Client 5.0
Lotus Notes Client R5
Lotus Domino 5.0.11
Lotus Domino 5.0.10
Lotus Domino 5.0.9 a
Lotus Domino 5.0.9
Lotus Domino 5.0.8 a
Lotus Domino 5.0.8 -french
- 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 5.0.8
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 a
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 -french
- 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 Server
- 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 a
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
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 Notes Client 6.0.1
Lotus Notes Client 6.0
Lotus Notes Client R6
Lotus Domino 6.0.1
Lotus Domino 6.0
Lotus Domino 5.0.12

Discussion

Lotus Notes/Domino Web Retriever Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Vulnerability

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported for the Web Retriever program that will result in a denial of service condition. Web Retriever is a program that returns web pages for Notes users.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a victim user to visit an attacker-controlled site. When a HTTP request is made, the malicious site responds with a HTTP response that includes an overly long status line. When Web Retriever processes this request, the buffer overflow condition is triggered and will result in a denial of service condition.

Exploit / POC

Lotus Notes/Domino Web Retriever Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Vulnerability

There is no exploit code required.

Solution / Fix

Lotus Notes/Domino Web Retriever Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
These issues have reportedly been fixed by upgrading to R5.0.12, R6 Gold, and 6.0.1. Administrators are urged to apply the upgrades and also follow best practices as well as all available mitigating strategies.

Fixes for Notes and Domino can be found at the Notes/Domino Downloads link in the References section.

References

Lotus Notes/Domino Web Retriever Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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