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CVE-2006-2659

libs/comverp.c in Courier MTA before 0.53.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unknown

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.03561
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

2
double precision incorporated courier mta<= 0.44.2
double precision incorporated courier mtaall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published to NVD30 May 2006 · 07:02 PM
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Vendor Advisories

1
usnUSN-294-1
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References & Sources

13
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=368834Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/20519
http://secunia.com/advisories/20548
http://secunia.com/advisories/20792
http://secunia.com/advisories/21350
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-06.xml
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