CVE-2006-1173
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2006-1173 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | certcc |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2006-06-07 23:06:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC |
| Description | Sendmail before 8.13.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via deeply nested, malformed multipart MIME messages that exhaust the stack during the recursive mime8to7 function for performing 8-bit to 7-bit conversion, which prevents Sendmail from delivering queued messages and might lead to disk consumption by core dump files. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS: 0.214560000 probability, percentile 0.957210000 (date 2026-04-20)
Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.10.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.10.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.11.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.11.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.11.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.11.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.11.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.11.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.11.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.11.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.12 | beta10 | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.12 | beta12 | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.12 | beta16 | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.12 | beta5 | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.12 | beta7 | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.12.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.12.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.12.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.12.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.12.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.12.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.12.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.12.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.12.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.12.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.12.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.12.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.13.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.13.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.13.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.13.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.13.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.13.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.13.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.8.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.9.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.9.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.9.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | 8.9.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sendmail | Sendmail | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| IT Resource Center - login / register | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | itrc.hp.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1155-2 sendmail | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060601-01-P | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | patches.sgi.com | |
| Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Sendmail: Denial of Service | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.gentoo.org | |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Vendor Advisory |
| ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:17.sendmail.asc | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | ftp.freebsd.org | |
| Mandriva update for sendmail - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#146718 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.kb.cert.org | Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource |
| Red Hat update for sendmail - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| SGI IRIX update for sendmail - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| Sendmail Sentrion Open Source - Open Source Email Server | Proofpoint | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.sendmail.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| SecurityTracker.com Archives - Sendmail Excessive Recursion in Processing Malformed MIME Messages Lets Remote Users Deny Service | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | securitytracker.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Sendmail Malformed MIME Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Patch |
| [#RPL-526] sendmail DoS attack CVE-2006-1173 - rPath JIRA | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | issues.rpath.com | |
| Solaris update for sendmail - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Search results | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www-1.ibm.com | |
| HP-UX update for Sendmail - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| FortiGuard Center - FortiGuard Advisory - Advisory – SMTP Sendmail Email Vulnerability (VU# 146718) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.fortinet.com | |
| F-Secure Security Bulletin FSC-2006-5 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.f-secure.com | |
| OpenBSD 3.8 errata | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openbsd.org | |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | slackware.com | |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| SUSE update for sendmail - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Avaya CMS / IR Sun Solaris Sendmail Denial of Service - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| OpenBSD update for sendmail - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| ASA-2006-148 (SUN 102460, 102461) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.avaya.com | |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| IBM Search results - United States | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www-1.ibm.com | |
| SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| SuSE Security announcements: [suse-security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: sendmail remote denial of service attack (SUSE-SA:2006:032) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.suse.com | |
| F-Secure Messaging Security Gateway Sendmail Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | patches.sgi.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Slackware update for sendmail - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| rPath update for sendmail - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| FreeBSD update for sendmail - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| www.osvdb.org/26197 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.osvdb.org | |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| #102460: A Security Vulnerability in sendmail(1M) Versions Prior to 8.13.7 May Allow a Denial of Service (DoS) To Occur | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sunsolve.sun.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| FortiMail Sendmail Multi-Part MIME Message Handling Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Sendmail Multi-Part MIME Message Handling Denial of Service - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| HP Tru64 UNIX and HP Internet Express Sendmail Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| Advisories - Mandriva Linux | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| Debian update for sendmail - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| IBM AIX update for Sendmail - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Gentoo update for sendmail - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.