CVE-2006-4517

high

Description

Novell iManager 2.5 and 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) in the Tomcat server via a long TREE parameter in an HTTP POST, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29961

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4292

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20841

http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=3885713&sliceId=SAL_Public&dialogID=17090866&stateId=0%200%2017098735

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017139

http://secunia.com/advisories/22657

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=436

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-11-01

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

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