CVE-2005-0986 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

NLSCCSTR.DLL in the web service in IBM Lotus Domino Server 6.5.1, 6.0.3, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion and nHTTP.exe process crash) via a long GET request containing UNICODE decimal value 430 characters, which causes the stack to be exhausted. NOTE: IBM has reported that it is unable to replicate this issue.

Published: 2005-04-06

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 17.7% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_domino_server:6.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_domino_server:6.5.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.17706.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0%2C39020384%2C39194293%2C00.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/14858
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21202446
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=224&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0322

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Lotus Domino Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-04-06T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:35:59.419Z

Reserved: 2005-04-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0986

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-0986

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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