Lotus Notes MIF attachment viewer buffer overflow

Added: 01/30/2008
CVE: CVE-2007-5909
BID: 26175
OSVDB: 40791

Background

Lotus Notes is the client for Lotus Domino servers.

Problem

A buffer overflow in the KeyView Viewer included in Lotus Notes allows command execution when a user views a specially crafted Frame Maker Interchange File (MIF) attachment.

Resolution

Upgrade to Lotus Notes 7.0.3 or higher.

References

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899&uid=swg21271111

Limitations

Exploit works on Lotus Notes 7.0.2 and requires a user to view a MIF attachment.

Platforms

Windows 2000
Windows XP

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