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Novell iManager Tomcat Denial Of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22657
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Release Date:
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2006-11-01
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Popularity:
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5,556 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Novell iManager 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-4517
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Novell iManager, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of HTTP POST requests. This can be exploited to crash the service via a specially crafted HTTP request with an overly long TREE parameter (more than 256 bytes).
The vulnerability is reported in Novell iManager 2.5. Prior versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 2.6.
Provided and/or discovered by:
cirt.dk
Original Advisory:
iDefense Labs:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=436
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