CVE-2009-5062 Denial of service in n/a

Low 3.5 Published Updated

Authenticated remote attackers can crash the Lotus Domino daemon by subscribing to a malicious Atom feed in IBM Lotus Quickr.

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-2009-5062?

CVE-2009-5062 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Mar 2011. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Lotus Quickr 8.1 before 8.1.0.15 services for Lotus Domino on AIX allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by subscribing to an Atom feed, aka SPR JRIE7VKMP9.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-5062?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Lotus Quickr.

How do I fix CVE-2009-5062?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-5062 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-2009-5062 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-5062 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v9hw-x72r-4m37.

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