CVE-2006-4511

high

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."

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29319

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3893

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20316

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/796956

http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=416

http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2974452.htm

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016974

http://secunia.com/advisories/22244

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-10-05

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.09057