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CVE-2006-2659

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2659 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Courier MTA versions prior to 0.53.2, specifically within the libs/comverp.c component. Attackers can exploit this by providing usernames containing the "=" character, leading to high CPU consumption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.44.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:courier_mta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.37.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:courier_mta:0.37.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.38.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:courier_mta:0.38.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.40CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:courier_mta:0.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.43CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:courier_mta:0.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0240 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/20519
secunia.com / advisories/20548
secunia.com / advisories/20792
secunia.com / advisories/21350
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200608-06.xml
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26998
usn.ubuntu.com / 294-1
courier-mta.org / beta/patches/verp-fix/README.txt
Patch
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1101
securityfocus.com / bid/18345
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2214