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title: "CVE-2006-2414\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-2414

Publication date 16 May 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Dovecot 1.0 beta and 1.0 allows remote
attackers to list files and directories under the mbox parent directory and
obtain mailbox names via ".." sequences in the (1) LIST or (2) DELETE IMAP
command.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dovecot | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.0.rc17-1ubuntu2.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.0.rc2-1ubuntu2.2 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.0.beta3-3ubuntu5.5 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2414)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2414)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-2414)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-2414)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-2414>