IBM Lotus Domino 7.x denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in IBM Lotus Domino 7.x. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-0243. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in IBM Lotus Domino 7.x (Groupware Software). This affects some unknown processing. 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:

Unspecified vulnerability in Lotus Domino 7.0.2 before Fix Pack 3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors.

The bug was discovered 01/09/2008. The weakness was published 01/10/2008 with IBM (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at www-1.ibm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-0243 since 01/11/2008. 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.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 29925 (IBM Lotus Domino < 7.0.2 FP3 Unspecified DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Denial of Service and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 74233 (IBM Lotus Domino Unspecified 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 (39588), Tenable (29925), SecurityFocus (BID 27215†), OSVDB (40195†) and Secunia (SA28411†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 29925
Nessus Name: IBM Lotus Domino < 7.0.2 FP3 Unspecified 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
Organization: IBM
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-0243 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0243
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3555
X-Force: 39588 - IBM Lotus Domino unspecified denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 27215 - IBM Lotus Domino Unspecified Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 28411
OSVDB: 40195 - IBM Lotus Domino Unspecified DoS
Vulnerability Center: 17317 - IBM Lotus Domino < 7.0.2 FP3 Denial of Service, High
Vupen: ADV-2008-0086

Entryinfo

Created: 01/21/2008 15:07
Updated: 06/01/2025 16:34
Changes: 01/21/2008 15:07 (87), 08/03/2019 11:50 (1), 06/01/2025 16:34 (18)
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