Lotus Domino Enterprise Server 5.0.1/5.0.2/5.0.3 ESMTP Service MAIL FROM memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lotus Domino Enterprise Server 5.0.1/5.0.2/5.0.3 and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component ESMTP Service. Such manipulation of the argument MAIL FROM leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2000-0452. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Lotus Domino Enterprise Server 5.0.1/5.0.2/5.0.3 (Groupware Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component ESMTP Service. The manipulation of the argument MAIL FROM with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the ESMTP service of Lotus Domino Server 5.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long MAIL FROM command.

The bug was discovered 05/18/2000. The weakness was disclosed 05/18/2000 by Michal Zalewski with VIGILANTe as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2000-0452. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at downloads.securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10419 (Lotus Domino SMTP MAIL FROM Command Remote Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SMTP problems and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 74058 (Lotus Domino Server ESMTP Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4499), Exploit-DB (19944), Tenable (10419), SecurityFocus (BID 1229†) and OSVDB (321†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 10419
Nessus Name: Lotus Domino SMTP MAIL FROM Command Remote Overflow
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Michal Zalewski
Organization: VIGILANTe
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0452 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0452
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15572
X-Force: 4499
SecurityFocus: 1229 - Lotus Domino Server ESMTP Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 321 - IBM Lotus MAIL FROM Overflow DoS
Vulnerability Center: 139 - Buffer Overflow in Lotus Domino ESMTP Service via Long Commands, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 06/24/2014 17:53
Updated: 10/14/2025 06:53
Changes: 06/24/2014 17:53 (77), 05/05/2019 09:29 (3), 12/29/2024 17:33 (19), 10/14/2025 06:53 (2)
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