CVE-2005-0986

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

NLSCCSTR.DLL in the web service in IBM Lotus Domino Server 6.5.1, 6.0.3, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion and nHTTP.exe process crash) via a long GET request containing UNICODE decimal value 430 characters, which causes the stack to be exhausted. NOTE: IBM has reported that it is unable to replicate this issue.

Affected products

IBM Lotus Domino Server: 6.0.3, 6.5.1

References

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0%2C39020384%2C39194293%2C00.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/14858
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21202446
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=224&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0322
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0%2C39020384%2C39194293%2C00.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/14858
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21202446
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=224&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0322

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