# CVE-2011-2893: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash IBM Lotus Symphony by tricking users into opening a maliciously crafted large spreadsheet file.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/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:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Jul 2011
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mrp7-xwff-9phj

## What is CVE-2011-2893?

CVE-2011-2893 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Jul 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The DataPilot feature in IBM Lotus Symphony 3 before FP3 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large .xls spreadsheet with an invalid Value reference.

Weakness: CWE-399

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2893?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Lotus Symphony.

## How do I fix CVE-2011-2893?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-2893 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2011-2893 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2893 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2011-2884](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-2884/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2012-0192](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0192/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2010-5204](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-5204/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2011-2885](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-2885/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2011-2886](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-2886/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2011-2893 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2011-2893 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Jul 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2893 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-2011-2893/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-2893/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2893
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2893
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-2893

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-2893/
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