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

> Attackers can crash IBM Lotus Notes and Domino Server on AIX by sending long formulas, causing a stack overflow and 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 stated
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jan 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-frgm-c5f9-4363

## 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: 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.

## Is CVE-2006-0118 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Lotus Domino

- [CVE-2011-1519](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1519/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0913](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0913/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0914](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0914/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0915](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0915/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0916](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0916/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-0118 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Ibm Lotus Domino. 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-2006-0118/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0118/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0118
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0118
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-0118

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0118/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.