Published:2013/03/28  Last Updated:2013/03/28

JVN#51305555
Lotus Domino vulnerable to denial-of-service (DoS)

Overview

Lotus Domino provided by IBM contains a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability.

Products Affected

  • Lotus Domino version 8.5.1 and earlier

Description

Lotus Domino contains a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability due to an issue in processing HTTP requests.

Impact

A remote attacker may cause the Domino service to crash.

Solution

Update the software
Update to the latest version according to the information provided by the developer.

Vendor Status

Vendor Link
IBM IBM Domino HTTP Denial Of Service

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

Analyzed on 2013.03.28

Measures Conditions Severity
Access Required can be attacked over the Internet using packets
  • High
Authentication anonymous or no authentication (IP addresses do not count)
  • High
User Interaction Required the vulnerability can be exploited without an honest user taking any action
  • High
Exploit Complexity some expertise and/or luck required (most buffer overflows, guessing correctly in small space, expertise in Windows function calls)
  • Mid-High

Description of each analysis measures

Credit

Ryouichi Ozawa of Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE CVE-2013-0486
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2013-000030