CVE-2006-2659

NameCVE-2006-2659
Descriptionlibs/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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1101
Debian Bugs368834

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
courier (PTS)bookworm, bullseye1.0.16-3fixed
trixie1.4.1-3+deb13u1fixed
forky, sid1.4.1-10fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
couriersourcewoody0.37.3-2.9DSA-1101
couriersourcesarge0.47-4sarge5DSA-1101
couriersource(unstable)0.53.2-1368834
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