CVE-2006-5973
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.86%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.86% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- timo sirainen/dovecot
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2006-November/000023.html
- http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2006-November/000024.htmlPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23007Vendor 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
- http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2006-November/000023.html
- http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2006-November/000024.htmlPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23007Vendor 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.