CVE-2009-5036 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.0 Published Updated

Remote authenticated users can crash the IBM Lotus Notes Traveler daemon by sending a malformed invitation document during a sync operation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2009-5036?

CVE-2009-5036 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Dec 2010. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

traveler.exe in IBM Lotus Notes Traveler before 8.0.1.3 CF1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a malformed invitation document in a sync operation.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-5036?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Lotus Notes Traveler.

How do I fix CVE-2009-5036?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-5036 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-2009-5036 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-5036 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jw8g-h4gj-r462.

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