CVE-2006-4511

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-10-05 · updated 2026-06-16

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."

Affected products

Novell Groupwise Messenger: 1.0.6, 2.0.2

References

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
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

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