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TI-2001-01184 Aliases CVE-2001-1231GHSA-422c-v5pr-46mh

GroupWise 5.5 and 6 running in live remote or smart caching mode allows remote attackers…

Priority LOW 27Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

GroupWise 5.5 and 6 running in live remote or smart caching mode allows remote attackers to read arbitrary users' mailboxes by extracting usernames and passwords from sniffed network traffic, as addressed by the "Padlock" fix.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01854 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.5VulnerableNovell
cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableNovell
  • cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.5 Vulnerable ·Novell
  • cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Novell

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2001-1231
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-422c-v5pr-46mh

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2012-00392 An ActiveX control in gwcls1.dll in the client in Novell GroupWise 8.0 before 8.0.3 HP2… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2008-01989 Buffer overflow in Novell GroupWise 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2007-02092 Stack-based buffer overflow in the base64_decode function in GWINTER.exe in Novell… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2012-00262 Integer overflow in the WebConsole component in gwia.exe in GroupWise Internet Agent… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2010-04434 Double free vulnerability in the IMAP server component in GroupWise Internet Agent (GWIA)… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2013-00687 The client in Novell GroupWise 8.0 before 8.0.3 HP2 and 2012 before SP1 HP1 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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Sources

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