IBM Lotus Domino up to 6.5.6 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Lotus Domino. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-2240. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Lotus Domino (Groupware Software). It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Web Server service in IBM Lotus Domino before 7.0.3 FP1, and 8.x before 8.0.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long Accept-Language HTTP header.

The bug was discovered 05/20/2008. The weakness was published 05/22/2008 with MWR InfoSecurity (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mwrinfosecurity.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-2240 since 05/16/2008. 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 pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/31/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32433 (IBM Lotus Domino < 8.0.1 / 7.0.3 FP1 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115951 (IBM Lotus Domino Web Server "Accept Language" HTTP Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 7.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6432.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42552), Tenable (32433), SecurityFocus (BID 29310†), OSVDB (45415†) and Secunia (SA30310†). Similar entry is available at VDB-42498. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Highly functional

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Nessus ID: 32433
Nessus Name: IBM Lotus Domino < 8.0.1 / 7.0.3 FP1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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MetaSploit ID: domino_http_accept_language.rb
MetaSploit Name: Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Remote Command Execution
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Lotus Domino 7.0
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: mwrinfosecurity.com
Organization: MWR InfoSecurity
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-2240 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2240
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42495
X-Force: 42552
SecurityFocus: 29310 - IBM Lotus Domino Web Server 'Accept Language' HTTP Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 30310
OSVDB: 45415 - IBM - Lotus Domino Web Server - 'Accept Language' HTTP Header Buffer Overflow Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020098
Vulnerability Center: 18436 - IBM Lotus Domino Buffer Overflow Cause DoS and Arbitrary Code Execution by HTTP GET Request, High
Vupen: ADV-2008-1597

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 05/31/2025 19:06
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (77), 08/10/2019 14:59 (11), 05/31/2025 19:06 (18)
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