Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-2618 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 9.3 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
autonomy
ibm
CWE-119
critical
nessus
NVD
Published: 2005-12-31
Updated: 2018-10-19

Summary

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView SDK before 9.2.0, as used in Lotus Notes 6.5.4 and 7.0, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a UUE file containing an encoded file with a long filename handled by uudrdr.dll, (2) a compressed ZIP file with a long filename handled by kvarcve.dll, (3) a TAR archive with a long filename that is extracted to a directory with a long path handled by the TAR reader (tarrdr.dll), (4) an email that contains a long HTTP, FTP, or // link handled by the HTML speed reader (htmsr.dll) or (5) an email containing a crafted long link handled by the HTML speed reader (htmsr.dll).

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Autonomy
3
Application
Ibm
11

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

NASL familyGain a shell remotely
NASL idNOTES_ATTACHMENT_HANDLING_VULNS.NASL
descriptionThe version of Lotus Notes installed on the remote host reportedly contains five buffer overflow vulnerabilities and one directory traversal vulnerability in the KeyView viewers used to handle message attachments. By sending specially crafted attachments to users of the affected application and getting them to double-click and view the attachment, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code subject to the privileges under which the affected application runs or to delete arbitrary files that are accessible to the NOTES user.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id20924
published2006-02-15
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/20924
titleLotus Notes < 6.5.5 / 7.0.1 Attachment Handling Vulnerabilities

Saint

  • bid16576
    descriptionLotus Notes Attachment Viewer UUE file buffer overflow
    idmail_client_notes
    osvdb23065
    titlelotus_notes_attachment_viewer_uue
    typeclient
  • bid16576
    descriptionLotus Notes HTML Speed Reader URL buffer overflow
    idmail_client_notes
    osvdb23068
    titlelotus_notes_speed_reader_url
    typeclient

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