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CVE-2006-4511

MEDIUM

5.0

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.1050%

EPSS Percentile4.13th

PublishedOct 5, 2006

Last ModifiedApr 23, 2026

Vulnerability 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 Platforms (CPE)

📦

Novell

Groupwise Messenger

= 1.0.6

📦

Novell

Groupwise Messenger

= 2.0.2

References & Advisories

🔗 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

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