fkie_cve-2006-2659
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2006-05-30 19:02
Modified
2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
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.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=368834Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/20519
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/20548
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/20792
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/21350
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-06.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1016248
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.courier-mta.org/beta/patches/verp-fix/README.txtPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1101
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18345
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2214
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26998
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/294-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=368834Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/20519
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/20548
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/20792
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/21350
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-06.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1016248
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.courier-mta.org/beta/patches/verp-fix/README.txtPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1101
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18345
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2214
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26998
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/294-1/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
double_precision_incorporated courier_mta *
double_precision_incorporated courier_mta 0.37.3
double_precision_incorporated courier_mta 0.38.1
double_precision_incorporated courier_mta 0.40
double_precision_incorporated courier_mta 0.43
double_precision_incorporated courier_mta 0.43.1
double_precision_incorporated courier_mta 0.43.2
double_precision_incorporated courier_mta 0.44


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