Lotus Domino 5.0.7 HTTP Request denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lotus Domino 5.0.7. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component HTTP Request Handler. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-0601. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lotus Domino 5.0.7 (Groupware Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Lotus Domino R5 prior to 5.0.7 allows a remote attacker to create a denial of service via HTTP requests containing certain combinations of UNICODE characters.

The weakness was published 08/02/2001 by Peter Gründl (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-0601. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86124 (Lotus Domino Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 5.0.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6349), SecurityFocus (BID 2571†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-3414†). Similar entries are available at VDB-17114 and VDB-17118. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Domino 5.0.7

Timelineinfo

04/11/2001 🔍
08/02/2001 +113 days 🔍
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01/12/2004 +893 days 🔍
07/07/2014 +3829 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Peter Gründl
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0601 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0601
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17115
X-Force: 6349
SecurityFocus: 2571 - Lotus Domino R5 Server GET Request DoS Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 3414 - DoS in Lotus Domino R5 <5.0.7 via Malformed HTTP GET Requests, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/07/2014 17:10
Updated: 10/05/2025 16:37
Changes: 07/07/2014 17:10 (58), 05/19/2019 10:48 (3), 10/05/2025 16:37 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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