CVE-2001-1231

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Published Jun 25, 2002 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:5.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:6.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-1212	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.9% (1.854% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://support.novell.com/padlock/details.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/204672
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3189
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6998

History

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Subscriptions

Novell Groupwise

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 4:51 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jun 25, 2002, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 4:51 AM
Reserved: May 1, 2002, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:55 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 14, 2001, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:55 PM

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