CVE-2006-2659
courier - programming error
EPSS 3.6%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2006-2659
To remediate CVE-2006-2659, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/courier—upgrade to 0.53.2-1 or later
- Debian/courier—upgrade to 0.37.3-2.9 or later
Is CVE-2006-2659 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.53.2-1
- from 0, < 0.37.3-2.9