5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2006-0730
Dovecot Denial of Service and Double Free Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 16, 2006, 11:02 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 3, 2025, 1:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-0730 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Timo_sirainen dovecot

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-0730 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/18870
    Added Reference http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2006-February/011367.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16672
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0549
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24709
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/24709 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24709 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 16, 2006

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.91 }} -0.03%

score

0.73732

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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