CVE-2006-6940 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the ParseHeader function in clsOWA.cls in POP3/SMTP to OWA (pop2owa) 1.1.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long header in an e-mail message.

Published: 2007-01-17

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 5.3% 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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:owa:owa:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2006-6923	Buffer overflow in the ParseHeader function in clsOWA.cls in POP3/SMTP to OWA (pop2owa) 1.1.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long header in an e-mail message.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0532.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=473941&group_id=152204
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1621688&group_id=152204&atid=783596
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0160

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Owa Owa

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-01-17T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:42:07.897Z

Reserved: 2007-01-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-6940

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-01-17T11:28:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-6940

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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