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Home > Products and services > CSIRTUK advisories > Advisories archive > February 2006 > CIAC INFORMATION BULLETIN: 1229918 - IBM - Potential Buffer Overflow and Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities

February 2006

CIAC INFORMATION BULLETIN: 1229918 - IBM - Potential Buffer Overflow and Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities

ID: 00145
Ref: 143/2006
Date: 17 February 2006:11:23:33
Version: 1

Title: CIAC INFORMATION BULLETIN: 1229918 - IBM - Potential Buffer Overflow and Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities
Abstract: Several buffer overflow vulnerabilities and one directory traversal vulnerability in the Key View viewers used in Lotus Notes.
Vendors affected: CIAC
Operating systems affected: CIAC
Applications affected: CIAC

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CIAC INFORMATION BULLETIN: 1229918 - IBM - Potential Buffer Overflow and Directory
Traversal Vulnerabilities

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Several buffer overflow vulnerabilities and one directory traversal vulnerability
in the Key View viewers used in Lotus Notes.




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INFORMATION BULLETIN

IBM - Potential Buffer Overflow and Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities
[1229918]

February 16, 2006 20:00 GMT Number Q-131
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PROBLEM: Several buffer overflow vulnerabilities and one directory
traversal vulnerability inthe Key View viewers used in Lotus
Notes.
PLATFORM: Product categories:
Software
Messaging Applications
Advanced Messaging
Lotus Notes
Operating system(s):
Windows Software version: 6.0.5, 7.0, 6.0.1.1, 6.5.4, 6.0.4, 6.0.1.2,
6.5, 6.5.3.1, 6.5.1, 6.0.1.3, 6.5.2, 6.5.2.1, 6.5.3, 6.0.2.1,
6.0.3, 6.0.2.2, 6.0, 6.0.1
DAMAGE: A buffer Overflow and directory traversal vulnerability.
SOLUTION: Follow the product work around.
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VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. To successfully exploit these issues, an
ASSESSMENT: attacker would need to send a specially crafted file attachment
to users, and the users would have to double click and "View"
the attachment.
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LINKS:
CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/q-131.shtml
ORIGINAL BULLETIN: IBM - 1229918
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=475&uid=swg21229918
CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=
CVE-2005-2618
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