CVE-2006-2659 (GCVE-0-2006-2659)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-05-30 19:00
Modified
2024-08-07 17:58
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
libs/comverp.c in Courier MTA before 0.53.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unknown vectors involving usernames that contain the "=" (equals) character, which is not properly handled during encoding.
References
cve@mitre.org http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=368834 Patch
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/20519
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/20548
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/20792
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/21350
cve@mitre.org http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-06.xml
cve@mitre.org http://securitytracker.com/id?1016248
cve@mitre.org http://www.courier-mta.org/beta/patches/verp-fix/README.txt Patch
cve@mitre.org http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1101
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18345
cve@mitre.org http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2214
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26998
cve@mitre.org https://usn.ubuntu.com/294-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=368834 Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/20519
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/20548
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/20792
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/21350
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-06.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://securitytracker.com/id?1016248
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.courier-mta.org/beta/patches/verp-fix/README.txt Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1101
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18345
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2214
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26998
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://usn.ubuntu.com/294-1/
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