PT-2006-1782 · Dovecot · Dovecot

Published 2006-02-16 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-0730

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Dovecot versions prior to 1.0beta3

Description The issue involves multiple unspecified vulnerabilities that can cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash or hang. This can be achieved through unspecified vectors, including potential hangs in the APPEND command and potential crashes in dovecot-auth and imap/pop3-login. There is a possibility that one of the vectors might be related to a double free vulnerability.

Recommendations For Dovecot versions prior to 1.0beta3, update to version 1.0beta3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the APPEND command and limiting the use of dovecot-auth and imap/pop3-login until a patch is applied.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-0730

Affected Products

Dovecot

References · 9

• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0549 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0730 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18870 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-0730 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-0730 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0730 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24709 · Note
• http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2006-February/011367.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/16672 · Note