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CVE-2006-5973

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
20/11/2006
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Off-by-one buffer overflow in Dovecot 1.0test53 through 1.0.rc14, and possibly other versions, when index files are used and mmap_disable is set to "yes," allows remote authenticated IMAP or POP3 users to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors involving the cache file.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:timo_sirainen:dovecot:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:timo_sirainen:dovecot:1.0.alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:timo_sirainen:dovecot:1.0.alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:timo_sirainen:dovecot:1.0.alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:timo_sirainen:dovecot:1.0.alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:timo_sirainen:dovecot:1.0.alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:timo_sirainen:dovecot:1.0.beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:timo_sirainen:dovecot:1.0.beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:timo_sirainen:dovecot:1.0.beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:timo_sirainen:dovecot:1.0.beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:timo_sirainen:dovecot:1.0.beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:timo_sirainen:dovecot:1.0.beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:timo_sirainen:dovecot:1.0.beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:timo_sirainen:dovecot:1.0.beta8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:timo_sirainen:dovecot:1.0.beta9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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