CVE-2006-2659

Summary

CVECVE-2006-2659
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-05-30 19:02:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-03 21:41:00 UTC
Descriptionlibs/comverp.c in Courier MTA before 0.53.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unknown vectors involving usernames that contain the "=" (equals) character, which is not properly handled during encoding.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Double Precision Incorporated Courier Mta 0.37.3 All All All
Application Double Precision Incorporated Courier Mta 0.38.1 All All All
Application Double Precision Incorporated Courier Mta 0.40 All All All
Application Double Precision Incorporated Courier Mta 0.43 All All All
Application Double Precision Incorporated Courier Mta 0.43.1 All All All
Application Double Precision Incorporated Courier Mta 0.43.2 All All All
Application Double Precision Incorporated Courier Mta 0.44 All All All
Application Double Precision Incorporated Courier Mta All All All All
Application Double Precision Incorporated Courier Mta 0.37.3 All All All
Application Double Precision Incorporated Courier Mta 0.38.1 All All All
Application Double Precision Incorporated Courier Mta 0.40 All All All
Application Double Precision Incorporated Courier Mta 0.43 All All All
Application Double Precision Incorporated Courier Mta 0.43.1 All All All
Application Double Precision Incorporated Courier Mta 0.43.2 All All All
Application Double Precision Incorporated Courier Mta 0.44 All All All

References

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Gentoo update for courier - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for courier-mta SECUNIA secunia.com
Courier Mail Server Username Encoding Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Debian update for courier - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
#368834 - Spinning processes - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Patch
404 Not Found CONFIRM www.courier-mta.org Patch
Secunia - Advisories - Courier Mail Server Username Encoding Denial of Service SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Courier MTA: Denial of Service vulnerability GENTOO security.gentoo.org
USN-294-1: courier vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1101-1 courier DEBIAN www.debian.org
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CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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