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CVE-2006-0997
The SSL server implementation in NILE.NLM in Novell NetWare 6.5 and Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) permits encryption with a NULL…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.6%
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- mitre
Description
The SSL server implementation in NILE.NLM in Novell NetWare 6.5 and Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) permits encryption with a NULL key, which results in cleartext communication that allows remote attackers to read an SSL protected session by sniffing network traffic.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- ADV-2006-1043 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1015799 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?10100633.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 19324 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- netware-nile-ssl-cleartext(25380) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 17176 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 24046 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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