DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5973

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5973

    Published: 20 Nov 2006Last Modified: 12 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2006-5973

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5973

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dovecot

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.rc15-1

    Affected versions

    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
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