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Gentoo: GLSA 200608-06 Standard: Courier MTA Denial of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey August 4, 2006
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Gentoo Linux Advisory GLSA 202310-07 highlights a security vulnerability in Postfix that affects how it manages email addresses containing '|' characters.
Courier MTA has fixed a DoS issue related to usernames containing a "=" character.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200608-06 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Courier MTA: Denial of Service vulnerability Date: August 04, 2006 Bugs: #135005 ID: 200608-06

Synopsis ======= Courier MTA has fixed a DoS issue related to usernames containing a "=" character.
Background ========= Courier MTA is an integrated mail and groupware server based on open protocols.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 mail-mta/courier < 0.53.2 >= 0.53.2
========== Courier MTA has fixed a security issue relating to usernames containing the "=" character, causing high CPU utilization.
Impact ===== An attacker could exploit this vulnerab...

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