Vulnerability in Double Precision Incorporated Courier Mta
CVE-2006-2659
libs/comverp.c in Courier MTA before 0.53.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unknown vectors involving usernames that contain the "=" (equals) character, which is not properly handled during encoding.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.024 (83.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Double Precision Incorporated Courier Mta — versions 0.37.3, 0.38.1, 0.40
References
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Patch)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26998 (vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-06.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/18345 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/20548 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/20519 (third-party-advisory)
- www.courier-mta.org/beta/patches/verp-fix/README.txt (Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/21350 (third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1101 (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2214 (vdb-entry)