CVE-2006-0925

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Published Feb 28, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 3.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Format string vulnerability in the IMAP4rev1 server in Alt-N MDaemon 8.1.1 and possibly 8.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by creating and then listing folders whose names contain format string specifiers.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:8.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:8.1.4:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-0929	Format string vulnerability in the IMAP4rev1 server in Alt-N MDaemon 8.1.1 and possibly 8.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by creating and then listing folders whose names contain format string specifiers.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 3.1% (3.111% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/18921
http://www.nsag.ru/vuln/888.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16854
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0729
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24916

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Alt-n Mdaemon

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 4:56 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Feb 28, 2006, 11:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 4:56 PM
Reserved: Feb 28, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:21 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Feb 28, 2006, 11:02 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:21 PM

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