First published: Wed Jul 27 2011(Updated: )
The DataPilot feature in IBM Lotus Symphony 3 before FP3 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large .xls spreadsheet with an invalid Value reference.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
IBM Lotus Symphony | =3.0.0.1 | |
IBM Lotus Symphony | =3.0.0.2 | |
IBM Lotus Symphony | =3.0.0 |
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CVE-2011-2893 has a high severity as it can lead to a denial of service by crashing the application.
To fix CVE-2011-2893, you should update IBM Lotus Symphony to version 3.0.0.3 or later.
IBM Lotus Symphony versions 3.0.0.1, 3.0.0.2, and 3.0.0 are affected by CVE-2011-2893.
Yes, CVE-2011-2893 requires user-assisted actions to exploit the vulnerability through a specially crafted .xls file.
CVE-2011-2893 represents a denial of service attack where the application crashes when processing specific invalid spreadsheet references.