IBM Lotus Domino cross-site scripting
| lotus-domino-css (6789) |  High Risk |
Description:
Lotus Domino Server could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the Web server. A remote attacker can embed specially-crafted text into a URL, which would generate an error on the Web server but would not execute arbitrary code on the system until a client opens a Web browser.
Platforms Affected:
- IBM, Lotus Domino R5 5.0.6
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Lotus Notes/Domino (5.0.9 or later), when it becomes available from the Notes.net Web site. See References.
As a workaround, customize error pages.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Jul 02 2001 - 06:38:06 CDT, Lotus Domino Server Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0022.html.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Jul 02 2001 - 13:40:14 CDT, Re: Lotus Domino Server Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0042.html.
- CERT Advisory CA-2000-02, Malicious HTML Tags Embedded in Client Web Requests at http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-02.html.
- Notes.net Web site, Welcome to the Notes/Domino Fix List Database at http://www.notes.net/r5fixlist.nsf.
- BID-2962: Lotus Domino Server Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2001-1161: Cross-site scripting (CSS) vulnerability in Lotus Domino 5.0.6 allows remote attackers to execute script on other web clients via a URL that ends in Javascript, which generates an error message that does not quote the resulting script.
- OSVDB ID: 1887: Lotus Domino Server XSS
- US-CERT VU#642239: Lotus Domino Server R5 vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting via passing of user input directly to default error page
Reported:
Jul 02, 2001
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