CVE-2008-2240

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Web Server service in IBM Lotus Domino before 7.0.3 FP1, and 8.x before 8.0.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long Accept-Language HTTP header.

• CWE-119

• http://secunia.com/advisories/30310Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30332Vendor Advisory
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21303057Patch
• http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-May/001988.html
• http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-May/001989.html
• http://www.mwrinfosecurity.com/publications/mwri_ibm-lotus-domino-accept-language-stack-overflow_2008-05-20.pdfPatch
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29310
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020098
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1597
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42552
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30310Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30332Vendor Advisory
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21303057Patch
• http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-May/001988.html
• http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-May/001989.html
• http://www.mwrinfosecurity.com/publications/mwri_ibm-lotus-domino-accept-language-stack-overflow_2008-05-20.pdfPatch
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29310
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020098
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1597
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42552

Published

May 22, 2008

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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