CVE-2006-5973
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.
Published:Nov 20, 2006
Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
EPS:Nov 20, 2006
EPSS Score:0.02681
CVSS Score:5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Timo Sirainen
Product
Dovecot
Timo Sirainen
Dovecot
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
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High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
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Changed
Confidentiality
None
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Integrity
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High
Availability
None
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High
