IBM Lotus Domino up to 5.0.10 RPC Authentication memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM Lotus Domino up to 5.0.10. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component RPC Authentication. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2003-0122. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Lotus Domino up to 5.0.10 (Groupware Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component RPC Authentication. 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 Notes server before Lotus Notes R4, R5 before 5.0.11, and early R6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long distinguished name (DN) during NotesRPC authentication and an outer field length that is less than that of the DN field.

The weakness was presented 03/18/2003 with Rapid7 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-0122. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 86481 (IBM Lotus Notes Protocol Authentication Heap Corruption Denial of Service Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 5.0.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11526), SecurityFocus (BID 7037†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-3633†). See VDB-20204 for similar entry. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Lotus Domino 5.0.11

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03/06/2003 🔍
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03/18/2003 +12 days 🔍
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01/28/2004 +316 days 🔍
08/08/2014 +3845 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Organization: Rapid7
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2003-0122 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0122
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20203
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X-Force: 11526 - IBM Lotus Domino and Notes Client Notes Protocol (NRPC) buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 7037 - IBM Lotus Notes Protocol Authentication Heap Corruption Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 3633 - Buffer Overflow in Lotus Domino, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/08/2014 11:32
Updated: 08/24/2025 23:32
Changes: 08/08/2014 11:32 (61), 05/19/2019 15:54 (5), 12/22/2024 19:18 (17), 08/24/2025 23:32 (2)
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