Lotus Notes Can Be Crashed By Local Users Via the 'notes.ini' File
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1013841
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1013841
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CVE Reference: GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Apr 29 2005
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Impact: Denial of service via local system
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 6.0.x, 6.5.x; prior to 6.0.5, prior to 6.5.4
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Description: A buffer overflow vulnerability was reported in the Lotus Notes client. A local user can cause the client to crash.
A local user can modify the 'NOTES.INI' file to cause the target user's client to crash.
The vendor credits Ollie Whitehouse of Symantec with reporting this vulnerability.
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Impact: A local user can cause the target user's client to crash.
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Solution: The vendor has issued fixed versions (6.0.5, 6.5.4).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21202526
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Vendor URL: www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21202526 (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Boundary error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (AIX), UNIX (HP/UX), UNIX (Solaris - SunOS), Windows (NT), Windows (2000)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 02:30:27 -0400
Subject: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21202526
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http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21202526
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