CVE-2006-2659 (GCVE-0-2006-2659)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-05-30 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 17:58
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
13 references
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| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-06.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18345 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20548 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20519 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.courier-mta.org/beta/patches/verp-fix/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/21350 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1101 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2214 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/294-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20792 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1016248 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
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