Lotus Notes Domino Webserver CGI Vulnerabilities

BID:881

Info

Lotus Notes Domino Webserver CGI Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 881
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2000-0021
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Dec 21 1999 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 01:56AM
Credit: Posted to Bugtraq on Dec 21, 1999 by Alain Thivillon <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Lotus Domino Server 4.6 .x
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Lotus Domino Server 4.6
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Lotus Notes Domino Webserver CGI Vulnerabilities

Three vulnerabilities have been discovered in the cgi handling done by Lotus Domino Server's Webserver component.

1: Path information can be obtained.

By submitting a request for a non-existant cgi, an attacker can determine the filesystem structure of the server. Example:
Requested URL:
http: //victimhost/cgi-bin/asdf
Response:
Error 500
Bad script request -- no variation of 'c:/notes/data/domino/cgi-bin/asdf' is executable

2: Anonymous access can not be disabled.

Even with anonymous access turned off on th eserver, it is still permitted for the cgi-bin directory.

3: Buffer overflow in cgi error handling

An overly long URL in a GET request, rooted in the cgi-bin directory, will crash the server. Not all long strings seem to work, but one that was tested and found to work was:
'GET /cgi-bin/[800 ','][4000 'a'] HTTP/1.0'

Exploit / POC

Lotus Notes Domino Webserver CGI Vulnerabilities

see discussion

Solution / Fix

Lotus Notes Domino Webserver CGI Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any vendor supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

Lotus Notes Domino Webserver CGI Vulnerabilities

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