# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Apr 2005
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v83w-r87j-m4v3

## 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: 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.

## 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:

- IBM Lotus Domino Server 6.5.1 Web Service - Remote Denial of Service (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2005-1101](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-1101/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2002-0037](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0037/): Missing authorization in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2006-0580](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0580/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2002-2025](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-2025/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-1999-0729](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0729/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-0986 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-0986 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0986/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0986/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0986
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0986
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-0986

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