DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2659

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-2659
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2659.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2659
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2006-05-30T19:02:00Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:08:43.972719Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / courier

Package

Name
courier
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/courier?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.53.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2659.json"

Debian:12 / courier

Package

Name
courier
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/courier?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.53.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2659.json"

Debian:13 / courier

Package

Name
courier
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/courier?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.53.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2659.json"

Debian:14 / courier

Package

Name
courier
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/courier?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.53.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2659.json"