CVE-2006-1173
Title: Sendmail Denial of Service (DoS)
DoS
Proof Of Concept
No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2006-1173.
CWE Category
CWE-399
Published Date
Jun 07, 2006
Modified Date
Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status
Not Found
Score
5.0
CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
5.17%
Vulnerability Summary
CVE-2006-1173: Sendmail before 8.13.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via deeply nested, malformed multipart MIME messages that exhaust the stack during the recursive mime8to7 function for performing 8-bit to 7-bit conversion, which prevents Sendmail from delivering queued messages and might lead to disk consumption by core dump files.
Impacted Vendors
Reference Links
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:17.sendmail.asc
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060601-01-P
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00692635
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/15779
http://secunia.com/advisories/20473
http://secunia.com/advisories/20641
http://secunia.com/advisories/20650
http://secunia.com/advisories/20651
http://secunia.com/advisories/20654
http://secunia.com/advisories/20673
http://secunia.com/advisories/20675
http://secunia.com/advisories/20679
http://secunia.com/advisories/20683
http://secunia.com/advisories/20684
http://secunia.com/advisories/20694
http://secunia.com/advisories/20726
http://secunia.com/advisories/20782
http://secunia.com/advisories/21042
http://secunia.com/advisories/21160
http://secunia.com/advisories/21327
http://secunia.com/advisories/21612
http://secunia.com/advisories/21647
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016295
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.631382
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102460-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-148.htm
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY85415&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY85930&apar=only
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1155
http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2006-5.shtml
http://www.fortinet.com/FortiGuardCenter/advisory/FG-2006-18.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-19.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/146718
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:104
http://www.openbsd.org/errata38.html#sendmail2
http://www.osvdb.org/26197
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0515.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437928/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438241/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438330/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440744/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442939/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18433
http://www.sendmail.com/security/advisories/SA-200605-01.txt.asc
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2189
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2351
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2388
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2389
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2390
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2798
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3135
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27128
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-526
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11253
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:17.sendmail.asc
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060601-01-P
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00692635
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/15779
http://secunia.com/advisories/20473
http://secunia.com/advisories/20641
http://secunia.com/advisories/20650
http://secunia.com/advisories/20651
http://secunia.com/advisories/20654
http://secunia.com/advisories/20673
http://secunia.com/advisories/20675
http://secunia.com/advisories/20679
http://secunia.com/advisories/20683
http://secunia.com/advisories/20684
http://secunia.com/advisories/20694
http://secunia.com/advisories/20726
http://secunia.com/advisories/20782
http://secunia.com/advisories/21042
http://secunia.com/advisories/21160
http://secunia.com/advisories/21327
http://secunia.com/advisories/21612
http://secunia.com/advisories/21647
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016295
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.631382
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102460-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-148.htm
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY85415&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY85930&apar=only
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1155
http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2006-5.shtml
http://www.fortinet.com/FortiGuardCenter/advisory/FG-2006-18.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-19.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/146718
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:104
http://www.openbsd.org/errata38.html#sendmail2
http://www.osvdb.org/26197
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0515.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437928/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438241/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438330/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440744/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442939/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18433
http://www.sendmail.com/security/advisories/SA-200605-01.txt.asc
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2189
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2351
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2388
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2389
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2390
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2798
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3135
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27128
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-526
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11253
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity
[email protected]
Severity
MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)
Total: PatternsNo specific attack patterns mapped.
Likelihood
Severity
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CVE-2006-1173 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)
No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.
MODIFIED
Vulnerability data updated via NVD.
MODIFIED
Vulnerability data or affected products updated.
PUBLISHED
Vulnerability first announced in NVD.
Attack Vector Matrix
Access Vector
N/A
Complexity
N/A
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
CVSS Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected Stack
No specific products linked.