CVE-2006-0730 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Dovecot via unspecified vectors in APPEND, auth, and login components.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-0730?
CVE-2006-0730 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Feb 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Dovecot before 1.0beta3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or hang) via unspecified vectors involving (1) "potential hangs" in the APPEND command and "potential crashes" in (2) dovecot-auth and (3) imap/pop3-login. NOTE: vector 2 might be related to a double free vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0730?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Timo Sirainen Dovecot.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0730?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-0730 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0730 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0730, GHSA-q2g9-6wv8-pjrc.