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CVE-2006-2659

Published: May 30, 2006 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2659
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Courier_mtaDouble_precision_incorporated*0.44.2 (including)
Courier_mtaDouble_precision_incorporated0.37.3 (including)0.37.3 (including)
Courier_mtaDouble_precision_incorporated0.38.1 (including)0.38.1 (including)
Courier_mtaDouble_precision_incorporated0.40 (including)0.40 (including)
Courier_mtaDouble_precision_incorporated0.43 (including)0.43 (including)
Courier_mtaDouble_precision_incorporated0.43.1 (including)0.43.1 (including)
Courier_mtaDouble_precision_incorporated0.43.2 (including)0.43.2 (including)
Courier_mtaDouble_precision_incorporated0.44 (including)0.44 (including)
CourierUbuntudapper*
CourierUbuntudevel*
CourierUbuntuedgy*
CourierUbuntufeisty*

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