Advisory Details

March 28th, 2007

IBM Lotus Domino IMAP Server CRAM-MD5 Authentication Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

ZDI-07-011
ZDI-CAN-060

CVE ID CVE-2007-1675
CVSS SCORE
AFFECTED VENDORS IBM
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Lotus Domino
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['4033']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of IBM Lotus Domino Server. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists in the CRAM-MD5 authentication mechanism of nimap.exe which binds by default to TCP port 143. No check is done on the length on the supplied username prior to processing it through a custom copy loop. If the username is longer than 256 bytes, a pointer overwrite may occur in the function nnotes.dll.CStream::ToBase64() which is later called and can therefore result in execution of arbitrary code.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS IBM has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21257028
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2006-08-31 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2007-03-28 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Anonymous
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