>> Courier Mail Server Username Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Title : Courier Mail Server Username Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-2214 CVE ID : CVE-2006-2659
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-06-08
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Courier Mail Server, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to an error when handling and encoding usernames containing the "=" character, which could be exploited by remote attackers to exhaust all available memory resources, creating a denial of service condition.
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