Description
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.
Published: 2006-05-30
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 3.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1101-1 New courier packages fix denial of service
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-2658 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-294-1 courier vulnerability
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Double Precision Incorporated Courier Mta
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:58:51.858Z

Reserved: 2006-05-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2659

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-05-30T19:02:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-2659

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