{
  "modified": "2025-08-09T19:01:28Z",
  "published": "2006-11-20T19:07:00Z",
  "id": "CVE-2006-5973",
  "details": "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.",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/23007"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/23150"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/23172"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/23213"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_73_mono.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-387-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4614"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2006-November/000024.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2006-November/000023.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1017288"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452081/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21183/info"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30433"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-802"
    }
  ]
}