# CVE-2005-2696: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can obtain sensitive password hashes from the Notes Address Book via client interfaces or LDAP queries.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Aug 2005
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f255-6gww-8gch

## What is CVE-2005-2696?

CVE-2005-2696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Lotus Notes, published on 25 Aug 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Lotus Notes does not properly restrict access to password hashes in the Notes Address Book (NAB), which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via the (1) password digest field in the Administration tab of a Lotus Notes client, (2) "PasswordDigest" and "HTTPPassword" fields in the document properties in the NAB, or (3) a direct query to the Domino LDAP server, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2428.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2696?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Lotus Notes.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-2696?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2696 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-2696 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2696 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Lotus Notes

- [CVE-2010-1608](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-1608/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-3032](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3032/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-2281](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2281/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0480](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0480/): Command injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2012-2174](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2174/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-2696 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-2696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Lotus Notes, published on 25 Aug 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2696 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Lotus Notes. 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-2005-2696/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2696/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2696
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2696
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-2696

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