Lotus Domino Server < 6.5.3 Web Service Remote DoS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2800

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Description

The remote host is running a version of Lotus Domino Server's web service that is prone to a denial of service vulnerability. By sending a specially crafted HTTP request with a long string of unicode characters, a remote attacker can crash the nHTTP.exe process, denying service to legitimate users. IBM has released technote number 1202446 for this issue but has been unable to reproduce it.

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.5.3 or higher.

See Also

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/395126

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 2800

Family: Web Servers

Published: 4/7/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 17991

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:U/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:lotus_domino_server

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0986

BID: 13045