CVE-2006-0118 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Attackers can crash IBM Lotus Notes and Domino Server on AIX by sending long formulas, causing a stack overflow and denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not stated
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2006-0118?

CVE-2006-0118 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Lotus Domino, published on 9 Jan 2006. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in IBM Lotus Notes and Domino Server before 6.5.5, when running on AIX, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion leading to stack overflow and crash) via long formulas.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0118?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Ibm Lotus Domino, Ibm Lotus Domino Enterprise Server, Ibm Lotus Notes.

How do I fix CVE-2006-0118?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0118 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-2006-0118 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0118 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ibm Lotus Domino vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-frgm-c5f9-4363.

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