CVE-2006-5973

Publication date 20 November 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
dovecot 7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.10 edgy
Fixed 1.0.rc2-1ubuntu2.2
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1.0.beta3-3ubuntu5.5

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-387-1
    • Dovecot vulnerability
    • 28 November 2006

Other references