CVE-2006-4517 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01993.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Novell	Imanager

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:novell:imanager::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:imanager:1.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:imanager:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:imanager:2.0.2:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-4505	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=436
http://secunia.com/advisories/22657
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017139
http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=3885713&sliceId=SAL_Public&dialogID=17090866&stateId=0%200%2017098735
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20841
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4292
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29961

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-11-01T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:14:47.638Z

Reserved: 2006-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-4517

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-11-01T15:07:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2006-4517

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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