CVE-2017-1129 Denial of service in Lotus Expeditor
Attackers can cause the IBM Notes client to hang and require a restart by tricking users into clicking malicious links.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-1129?
CVE-2017-1129 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM Lotus Expeditor, published on 5 Sep 2017. 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
IBM Notes 8.5 and 9.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service. If a user is persuaded to click on a malicious link, it could cause the Notes client to hang and have to be restarted. IBM X-Force ID: 121370.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1129?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm Expeditor, Ibm Inotes.
How do I fix CVE-2017-1129?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1129 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-2017-1129 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2017-1129 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-86hv-3x2f-j4q8.