CVE-2006-5973

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    CVE-2006-5973

    Published: 20 Nov 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://secunia.com/advisories/23007, http://secunia.com/advisories/23150, http://secunia.com/advisories/23172, http://secunia.com/advisories/23213, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_73_mono.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-387-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4614, http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2006-November/000024.html, http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2006-November/000023.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1017288, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452081/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21183/info, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30433, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-802

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    CVE-2006-5973 | CVE-DB