IBM Lotus Domino up to 7.0 vCal nrouter.exe vCal Request denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Lotus Domino up to 7.0. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file nrouter.exe of the component vCal Handler. The manipulation as part of vCal Request leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-0119. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Lotus Domino up to 7.0 (Groupware Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the file nrouter.exe of the component vCal Handler. The manipulation as part of a vCal Request leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in IBM Lotus Notes and Domino Server before 6.5.5 have unknown impact and attack vectors, due to "potential security issues" as identified by SPR numbers (1) GPKS6C9J67 in Agents, (2) JGAN6B6TZ3 and (3) KSPR699NBP in the Router, (4) GPKS5YQGPT in Security, or (5) HSAO6BNL6Y in the Web Server. NOTE: vector 3 is related to an issue in NROUTER in IBM Lotus Notes and Domino Server before 6.5.4 FP1, 6.5.5, and 7.0, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted vCal meeting request sent via SMTP (aka SPR# KSPR699NBP).

The weakness was published 06/28/2006 by Ollie Whitehouse with Symantec (Website). The advisory is shared at www-1.ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-0119 since 01/09/2006. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a exploit are known.

It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21778 (IBM Lotus Domino SMTP Server Malformed Meeting Request (vCal) DoS), 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 74216 (Lotus Domino SMTP Meeting Request Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at www-1.ibm.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24211), Tenable (21778), SecurityFocus (BID 18020†), OSVDB (26924†) and Secunia (SA20855†). Similar entry is available at VDB-1869. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Status: Highly functional

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Nessus ID: 21778
Nessus Name: IBM Lotus Domino SMTP Server Malformed Meeting Request (vCal) DoS
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: www-1.ibm.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www-1.ibm.com
Researcher: Ollie Whitehouse
Organization: Symantec
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-0119 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0119
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2345
X-Force: 24211 - IBM Lotus Domino Web module unspecified cross-site scripting, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 18020 - Lotus Domino SMTP Meeting Request Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 20855 - Lotus Domino Malformed vCal Processing Denial of Service, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 26924 - IBM Lotus Domino SMTP Server Malformed Meeting Request (vCal) DoS
SecurityTracker: 1016390
Vulnerability Center: 10132 - Lotus Notes and Domino Server Multiple Vulnerabilities with Unknown Attack Vectors and Impact, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-2564

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

Created: 06/30/2006 11:40
Updated: 06/23/2025 05:14
Changes: 06/30/2006 11:40 (87), 06/13/2019 12:04 (11), 06/23/2025 05:14 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:926:103

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