CVE-2006-5973
N/A
Published: November 20, 2006 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:32 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorDovecot
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
1.01.0.alpha11.0.alpha21.0.alpha31.0.alpha41.0.alpha51.0.beta11.0.beta21.0.beta31.0.beta41.0.beta51.0.beta61.0.beta71.0.beta81.0.beta91.0.rc11.0.rc101.0.rc111.0.rc121.0.rc131.0.rc141.0.rc21.0.rc31.0.rc41.0.rc51.0.rc61.0.rc71.0.rc81.0.rc91.0.test531.0.test541.0.test551.0.test561.0.test571.0.test581.0.test591.0.test601.0.test611.0.test621.0.test631.0.test641.0.test651.0.test661.0.test671.0.test681.0.test691.0.test701.0.test711.0.test721.0.test731.0.test741.0.test751.0.test761.0.test771.0.test781.0.test791.0.test80
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (14)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2006-November/000023.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2006-November/000024.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23007Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_73_mono.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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