CVE-2006-5489 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Attackers with meeting organizer privileges can cause a denial of service in BlackBerry Enterprise Server by manipulating deleted recurrent meeting instances.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2006-5489?

CVE-2006-5489 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Oct 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Research in Motion (RIM) BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1 SP2 before Hotfix 1 for IBM Lotus Domino might allow attackers with meeting organizer privileges to cause a denial of service (application hang) via a deleted recurrent meeting instance when changing the attendee's calendar meeting time.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5489?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Rim Blackberry Enterprise Server.

How do I fix CVE-2006-5489?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5489 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2006-5489 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5489 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4f3m-m4j5-9vff.

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