CVE-2006-2659 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2006-2659

libs/comverp.c in Courier MTA before 0.53.2 allows attackers to cause...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

courier mta
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.37.3, 0.38.1, 0.40, 0.43, 0.43.1, 0.43.2, 0.44

Timeline

Official Publish: May 30th, 2006
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.