CVE-2017-1130 Denial of service in Notes
Attackers can cause IBM Notes to hang by tricking users into clicking malicious links that trigger excessive file dialogs.
- 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-2017-1130?
CVE-2017-1130 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM Notes, 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 would open up many file select dialog boxes which would cause the client hang and have to be restarted. IBM X-Force ID: 121371.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1130?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Inotes.
How do I fix CVE-2017-1130?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1130 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-2017-1130 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2017-1130 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Notes
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g5fp-9f6p-pwwr.