CVE-2009-1286 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 13 Apr 2009 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Remote attackers can crash the IBM Lotus Domino IMAP server by sending a specially crafted MIME email with malformed attachments.

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

What is CVE-2009-1286?

CVE-2009-1286 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Lotus Domino, published on 13 Apr 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The IMAP task in the server in IBM Lotus Domino 8.0.2 before FP1 IF1 and 8.5 before IF3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a MIME e-mail message with RFC822 attachments (aka blobs) containing malformed root entities.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1286?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Lotus Domino.

How do I fix CVE-2009-1286?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-1286 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-2009-1286 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1286 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-4rqq-8r2q-f5pj.