CVE-2006-0997 describes a vulnerability in the SSL server implementation of NILE.NLM in Novell NetWare 6.5 and Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES). This flaw allows encryption with a NULL key, leading to cleartext communication. A remote attacker could exploit this by sniffing network traffic to read an SSL-protected session. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality impact, but no integrity or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:open_enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:6.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:6.5:sp1.1a:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:6.5:sp1.1b:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.