PT-2011-2957 · Ibm+1 · Ibm Lotus Notes+1

Published 2011-05-31 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2011-1218

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM Lotus Notes versions prior to 8.5.2 FP3

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the kvarcve.dll component of Autonomy KeyView, used in IBM Lotus Notes. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .zip attachment.

Recommendations For versions prior to 8.5.2 FP3, update to version 8.5.2 FP3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the handling of .zip attachments to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1218

Affected Products

Autonomy Keyview

Ibm Lotus Notes

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1218 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44624 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/47962 · Note
• http://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21500034 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67625 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14238 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1218 · Note