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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2006-0730 Detail

Current Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Dovecot before 1.0beta3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or hang) via unspecified vectors involving (1) "potential hangs" in the APPEND command and "potential crashes" in (2) dovecot-auth and (3) imap/pop3-login. NOTE: vector 2 might be related to a double free vulnerability.


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Metrics

 
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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  5.0 MEDIUM
Vector:  (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/16/2006)

This issue only affected Dovecot versions 1.0beta1 and 1.0beta2. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 shipped with an earlier version of Dovecot and is therefore not vulnerable to this issue.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/18870 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18870 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2006-February/011367.html
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2006-February/011367.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16672
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16672
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0549 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0549 Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24709
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24709

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:timo_sirainen:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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1.0beta2

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-0730
NVD Published Date:
02/16/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE