Security Alert (A16-09-03): Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Notes

Description:

Multiple vulnerabilities are found in IBM Lotus Notes related to Apache Xerces-C XML Parser library. These vulnerabilities are caused by a stack-based buffer overflow and improper bounds checking during processing and error reporting. A remote attacker could exploit the vulnerabilities by enticing a user to open a specially crafted input documents.

Affected Systems:

• IBM Notes 9.0.1 Fix Pack 6 and prior
• IBM Notes 9.0 Interim Fix 4 and earlier release
• IBM Notes 8.5.3 Fix Pack 6 Interim Fix 12 and earlier release
• IBM Notes 8.5.2 Fix Pack 4 Interim Fix 3 and earlier release
• IBM Notes 8.5.1 Fix Pack 5 Interim Fix 3 and earlier release
• IBM Notes 8.5 release

Impact:

Depending on the vulnerability exploited, a successful attack could lead to arbitrary code execution or a denial-of-service condition.

Recommendation:

The vendor has released a fix to address the issues and it can be downloaded at the following URL:

• Notes 9.0.1 Fix Pack 7
  http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24037141
  
  

More Information:

https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21984073
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21987066
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0729
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4463