CVE-2020-14230 Denial of service in HCL Domino

High 7.5 Published Updated

A remote unauthenticated attacker can cause a Denial of Service on HCL Domino servers by sending a specially crafted email message.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-14230?

CVE-2020-14230 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in HCL Domino, published on 21 Nov 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

HCL Domino is susceptible to a Denial of Service vulnerability caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted email message to hang the server. Versions previous to releases 9.0.1 FP10 IF6, 10.0.1 FP5 and 11.0.1 are affected.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14230?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Hcltech Domino.

How do I fix CVE-2020-14230?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14230 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-2020-14230 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14230 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-cxf7-jm74-c5qg.

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