# CVE-2011-2144: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in IBM Datacap Taskmaster Capture by sending an email with a long subject line.

- **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 needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 May 2011
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c425-6p5m-56mv

## What is CVE-2011-2144?

CVE-2011-2144 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 May 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The eDocument Conversion Actions implementation in IBM Datacap Taskmaster Capture 8.0.1 FP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (batch abort) via a long subject line in an e-mail message that is represented in a .eml file.

Weakness: CWE-399

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2144?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Datacap Taskmaster Capture.

## How do I fix CVE-2011-2144?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-2144 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2011-2144 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2144 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2014-0879](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0879/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2011-2141](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-2141/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2011-2143](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-2143/): Auth bypass in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2011-2142](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-2142/): Weak cryptography in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2011-2144 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2011-2144 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 May 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2144 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2011-2144/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-2144/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2144
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2144
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-2144

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-2144/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.