CVE-2005-0986 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the IBM Lotus Domino Server web service via a long GET request, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2005-0986?
CVE-2005-0986 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Apr 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0986?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Lotus Domino Server.
How do I fix CVE-2005-0986?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-0986 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2005-0986 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-0986 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v83w-r87j-m4v3.