CVE-2006-5973

Summary

CVECVE-2006-5973
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-20 19:07:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionOff-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.alpha1 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.alpha2 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.alpha3 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.alpha4 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.alpha5 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.beta1 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.beta2 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.beta3 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.beta4 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.beta5 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.beta6 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.beta7 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.beta8 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.beta9 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.rc1 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.rc10 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.rc11 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.rc12 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.rc13 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.rc14 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.rc2 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.rc3 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.rc4 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.rc5 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.rc6 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.rc7 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.rc8 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.rc9 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test53 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test54 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test55 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test56 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test57 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test58 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test59 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test60 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test61 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test62 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test63 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test64 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test65 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test66 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test67 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test68 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test69 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test70 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test71 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test72 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test73 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test74 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test75 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test76 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test77 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test78 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test79 All All All
Application Timo Sirainen Dovecot 1.0.test80 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Dovecot-news] 1.0.rc15 released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dovecot.org Patch
[Dovecot-news] Security hole #2: Off-by-one buffer overflow with mmap_disable=yes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dovecot.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Dovecot POP3/IMAP Cache File Buffer Overflow May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
rPath update for dovecot - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-802 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Dovecot IMAP Server Mapped Pages Off-By-One Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-387-1: Dovecot vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Ubuntu update for dovecot - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SUSE update for mono - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Dovecot Cache File Off-By-One Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Dovecot IMAP Server Mapped Pages Off-By-One Buffer Overflow Vulnerability MITRE www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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