Vulnerability CVE-2006-2659
Published: 2006-05-30   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
libs/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.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.8/10
6.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Double precision incorporated -> Courier mta 

 References:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=368834
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-06.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016248
http://www.courier-mta.org/beta/patches/verp-fix/README.txt
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1101
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18345
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2214
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26998
https://usn.ubuntu.com/294-1/
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