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 users to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors involving the cache file.
Published: 2006-11-20
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 2.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-5956 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 users to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors involving the cache file.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-387-1 Dovecot vulnerability
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Timo Sirainen Dovecot
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:12:31.341Z

Reserved: 2006-11-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-5973

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Status : Modified

Published: 2006-11-20T19:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-5973

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