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Case File

CVE-2006-5973

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 2.65%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2006-11-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2006-5973
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
2.65%

Original Filing — NVD 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.