CVE - CVE-2006-5973

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-5973	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:21183 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21183/info BUGTRAQ:20061119 Dovecot IMAP/POP3 server: Off-by-one buffer overflow URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452081/100/0/threaded CONFIRM:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-802 MLIST:[Dovecot-news] 20061119 Security hole #2: Off-by-one buffer overflow with mmap_disable=yes URL:http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2006-November/000023.html MLIST:[Dovecot-news] 20091119 1.0.rc15 released URL:http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2006-November/000024.html SECTRACK:1017288 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017288 SECUNIA:23007 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/23007 SECUNIA:23150 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/23150 SECUNIA:23172 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/23172 SECUNIA:23213 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/23213 SUSE:SUSE-SA:2006:073 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_73_mono.html UBUNTU:USN-387-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-387-1 VUPEN:ADV-2006-4614 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4614 XF:dovecot-indexcache-bo(30433) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30433
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20061120	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20061120)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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