CVE-2006-0925 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Format string vulnerability in the IMAP4rev1 server in Alt-N MDaemon 8.1.1 and possibly 8.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by creating and then listing folders whose names contain format string specifiers.

Published: 2006-02-28

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 4.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:8.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:8.1.4:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-0929	Format string vulnerability in the IMAP4rev1 server in Alt-N MDaemon 8.1.1 and possibly 8.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by creating and then listing folders whose names contain format string specifiers.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04701.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/18921
http://www.nsag.ru/vuln/888.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16854
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0729
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24916

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Alt-n Mdaemon

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-02-28T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:56:13.945Z

Reserved: 2006-02-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-0925

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-02-28T11:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-0925

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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