CVE-2006-6762

Summary

CVECVE-2006-6762
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-12-27 02:28:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe IMAP daemon (IMAPD) in Novell NetMail before 3.52e FTF2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via an APPEND command with a single "(" (parenthesis) in the argument.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Novell Netmail 3.5.2 a All All
Application Novell Netmail 3.5.2 b All All
Application Novell Netmail 3.5.2 c All All
Application Novell Netmail 3.5.2 c1 All All
Application Novell Netmail 3.5.2 d All All
Application Novell Netmail 3.5.2 e-ftfl All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Novell Netmail IMAP APPEND Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Public Advisory: 12.23.06 // iDefense Labs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 labs.idefense.com Patch
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#944273 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Novell NetMail NMAP/IMAP Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Security Vulnerabilities: NetMail Buffer Overrun and Denial of Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secure-support.novell.com Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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