Intrusion PreventionNovell.Messenger.POST.Request.Handling.DoS
Description
This indicates an attack attempt against a Denial of Service vulnerability in Novell GroupWise Messenger.
The vulnerability is caused by an error when the vulnerable software handles a "login" command with a malicious "NM_A_PARM1" tag. It allows a remote attacker to crash vulnerable systems via sending a crafted HTTP POST request.
Affected Products
Novell GroupWise Messenger 2.1.0 and earlier versions
Impact
Denial of Service: Remote attackers can crash vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Currently we are not aware of any vendor supplied patch for this issue.
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 31680 |
| Created | May 03, 2012 |
| Updated | Mar 17, 2021 |
| Risk |
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| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows, Linux, MacOS |
| Affected App | Novell |