CVE-2006-4511 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Messenger Agents (nmma.exe) in Novell GroupWise 2.0.2 and 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted HTTP POST request to TCP port 8300 with a modified val parameter, which triggers a null dereference related to "zero-size strings in blowfish routines."

Published: 2006-10-04

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 5.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise_messenger:1.0.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise_messenger:2.0.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.05446.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/22244
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016974
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2974452.htm
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=416
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/796956
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20316
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3893
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29319

History

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Subscriptions

Novell Groupwise Messenger

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-10-04T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:14:47.311Z

Reserved: 2006-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-4511

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-10-05T04:04:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-4511

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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