CVE-2006-2659
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.8)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 2.40%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 83
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-Other
Referencias
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=368834
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20519
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20548
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20792
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21350
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-06.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016248
- http://www.courier-mta.org/beta/patches/verp-fix/README.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1101
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18345
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2214
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26998
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/294-1/
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=368834
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20519
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20548
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20792
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21350
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-06.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016248
- http://www.courier-mta.org/beta/patches/verp-fix/README.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1101
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18345
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2214
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26998
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/294-1/
JSON original (NVD)
Mostrar
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