CVE-2006-6762

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-12-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The IMAP daemon (IMAPD) in Novell NetMail before 3.52e FTF2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via an APPEND command with a single "(" (parenthesis) in the argument.

Affected products

Novell Netmail: 3.5.2-a, 3.5.2-b, 3.5.2-c, 3.5.2-c1, 3.5.2-d, 3.5.2-e-ftfl

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=455
http://secunia.com/advisories/23437
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/944273
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21729
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5134
https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/328/3717068_f.SAL_Public.html
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=455
http://secunia.com/advisories/23437
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/944273
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21729
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5134
https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/328/3717068_f.SAL_Public.html

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