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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-11-20 19:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 20:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-11-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e13f104e550dac080f0065853fac1c7f32d4ada019244c2c1694a8d83b259faf
05 Affected products
06 References
- dovecot.org[Dovecot-news] 20091119 1.0.rc15 releasedhttp://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2006-November/000024.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-387-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-387-1
- secunia.com23150http://secunia.com/advisories/23150
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2006:073http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_73_mono.html
- secunia.com23007http://secunia.com/advisories/23007
- secunia.com23172http://secunia.com/advisories/23172
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comdovecot-indexcache-bo(30433)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30433
- www.securityfocus.com20061119 Dovecot IMAP/POP3 server: Off-by-one buffer overflowhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452081/100/0/threaded
- dovecot.org[Dovecot-news] 20061119 Security hole #2: Off-by-one buffer overflow with mmap_disable=yeshttp://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2006-November/000023.html
- secunia.com23213http://secunia.com/advisories/23213
- securitytracker.com1017288http://securitytracker.com/id?1017288
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-4614http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4614
- www.securityfocus.com21183http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21183/info
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-802
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- dovecot Fixed in 1.0.rc15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- dovecot Fixed in 1.0.rc15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- dovecot Fixed in 1.0.rc15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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