# CVE-2008-0243: Denial of service in n/a

> Attackers can cause a denial of service in Lotus Domino servers via unspecified vectors, requiring a patch to mitigate.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not stated
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not stated
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Jan 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hmvf-hh8g-639v

## What is CVE-2008-0243?

CVE-2008-0243 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Lotus Domino, published on 12 Jan 2008. It can be exploited over the network.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Lotus Domino 7.0.2 before Fix Pack 3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0243?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Lotus Domino.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-0243?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0243 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-0243 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0243 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-2008-0243 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-0243 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Lotus Domino, published on 12 Jan 2008. It can be exploited over the network.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0243 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-2008-0243/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0243/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0243
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0243
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-0243

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0243/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.