IBM Lotus Notes uudrdr.dll UUE filename buffer overflow

lotus-uudrdr-uue-bo (24636) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

IBM Lotus Notes is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow in uudrdr.dll. By creating a malicious UUE file containing an encoded file with an overly long file name, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system once the file is opened from within the Notes attachment viewer.

Note: This vulnerability also affects Verity KeyView SDK.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 5.6
  Access Vector: Remote
  Access Complexity: High
  Authentication: Not Required
  Confidentiality Impact: Partial
  Integrity Impact: Partial
  Availability Impact: Partial
 
Temporal Score: 4.1
  Exploitability: Unproven
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of IBM Lotus Notes (6.5.5 or later) or (7.0.1 or later), available from the IBM Software Support Web site. See References.

For Verity KeyView SDK:
Upgrade to the latest version of KeyView SDK (9.2.0 or later), available from the Verity Web site. See Referneces.

References:

  • IBM Software Support Web site: Lotus Support.
  • Lotus Support Services Technote 1229918: Potential Buffer Overflow and Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities in Lotus Notes File Viewers.
  • Verity Web site: Verity Products - Keyview.
  • BID-16576: IBM Lotus Notes File Attachment Handling Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2005-2618: 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).
  • OSVDB ID: 23064: Verity KeyView Viewer SDK kvarcve.dll Compressed File Pathname Generation Overflow
  • OSVDB ID: 23065: Verity KeyView Viewer SDK uudrdr.dll UUE Filename Overflow
  • OSVDB ID: 23066: Verity KeyView Viewer SDK kvarcve.dll Compressed File Preview Traversal Arbitrary File Deletion
  • OSVDB ID: 23067: Verity KeyView Viewer SDK tarrdr.dll TAR Extraction Overflow
  • OSVDB ID: 23068: Verity KeyView Viewer SDK htmsr.dll Link Processing Overflow
  • SA16100: Verity KeyView SDK Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SA16280: IBM Lotus Notes Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SECTRACK ID: 1015657: IBM Lotus Domino/Notes Archive Processing Buffer Overflow and Directory Traversal Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Delete Files
  • US-CERT VU#884076: IBM Lotus Notes ZIP file handling buffer overflow
  • VUPEN/ADV-2006-0500: IBM Lotus Notes Buffer Overflow and Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities
  • VUPEN/ADV-2006-0501: Verity KeyView Archive Handling Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Platforms Affected:

  • Autonomy KeyView Export SDK
  • Autonomy KeyView Filter SDK
  • Autonomy KeyView Viewer SDK
  • IBM Lotus Notes 6.0
  • IBM Lotus Notes 6.0.1
  • IBM Lotus Notes 6.0.1.1
  • IBM Lotus Notes 6.0.1.2
  • IBM Lotus Notes 6.0.1.3
  • IBM Lotus Notes 6.0.2.1
  • IBM Lotus Notes 6.0.2.2
  • IBM Lotus Notes 6.0.3
  • IBM Lotus Notes 6.0.4
  • IBM Lotus Notes 6.0.5
  • IBM Lotus Notes 6.5
  • IBM Lotus Notes 6.5.1
  • IBM Lotus Notes 6.5.2
  • IBM Lotus Notes 6.5.2.1
  • IBM Lotus Notes 6.5.3
  • IBM Lotus Notes 6.5.3.1
  • IBM Lotus Notes 7.0

Reported:

Feb 10, 2006

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