Vulnerability CVE-2006-5973
Published: 2006-11-20   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Off-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.

Type:

CWE-Other

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Timo sirainen -> Dovecot 

 References:
http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2006-November/000023.html
http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2006-November/000024.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017288
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_73_mono.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452081/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21183/info
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-387-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4614
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30433
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-802
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