IBM Lotus Domino LDAP Server Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA18738
Release Date: 2006-02-07
Last Update: 2006-04-25
Popularity: 9,661 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:IBM Lotus Domino 7.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-0580


Description:
Evgeny Legerov has discovered a vulnerability in Lotus Domino, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the LDAP server within the handling of certain requests. This can be exploited to crash the service via a specially-crafted request sent to port 389/tcp.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 7.0. Other versions may also be affected.

Note: It has also been reported that the LDAP server can also be crashed via a specially-crafted LDAP Add Request.

Solution:
Restrict access to the LDAP service.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Evgeny Legerov, GLEG Ltd.

Changelog:
2006-02-09: Added CVE reference.
2006-04-25: Added additional information. Updated "Description" and "Original Advisory" sections.

Original Advisory:
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2006-February/002896.html
http://www.gleg.net/flash/protover_lotus.html


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