Overview
Novell GroupWise Messenger fails to properly handle HTTP POST requests. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition.
Description
Novell GroupWise Messenger fails to properly handle HTTP POST requests. This vulnerability may be triggered by sending a specially crafted HTTP POST request with a modified 'val' parameter to the server on port 8300/tcp. |
Impact
This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition. |
Solution
Apply an Update Novell has released updates for GroupWise Messenger versions 1.0.6 and 2.02. |
Vendor Information
796956
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
This vulnerability was reported by iDefense Labs. iDefense credits CIRT.DK for discovering this vulnerability.
This document was written by Katie Steiner.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-4511 |
| Severity Metric: | 5.34 |
| Date Public: | 2006-10-03 |
| Date First Published: | 2006-10-26 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2006-10-26 18:10 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 8 |