A vulnerability classified as critical was found in IBM Lotus Notes up to 6.4 (Groupware Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part in the library mimesr.dll. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in mimesr.dll in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView, as used in IBM Lotus Notes before 8.0, might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail message with a crafted Text mail (MIME) attachment.

The weakness was published 04/10/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-1718 since 04/10/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115778 (IBM Lotus Notes Multiple KeyView Parsing Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 6.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (41856). Similar entries are available at 41904, 41903, 41902 and 41901.

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• Groupware Software

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• IBM

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• Lotus Notes

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• 6.0
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• commercial

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