VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2006-5973
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.86%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2006-11-20
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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.