CVE-2006-5973
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.9%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 2.9% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5956)
- Published
- November 20, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5956 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
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- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
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- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
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- timo sirainen / dovecot
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- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
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- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
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- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
- timo sirainen / dovecot
and 7 more…
References
- http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2006-November/000023.html
- http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2006-November/000024.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23007(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23150
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23172
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23213
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017288
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_73_mono.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452081/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21183/info
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-387-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4614
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30433
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-802
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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