CVE-2006-5973
EPSS 2.7%
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.
How to fix CVE-2006-5973
To remediate CVE-2006-5973, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/dovecot—upgrade to 1.0.rc15-1 or later
Is CVE-2006-5973 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.0.rc15-1