cve-2006-6406
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-12-10 02:00
Modified
2024-08-07 20:26
Severity ?
Summary
Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.88.6 allows remote attackers to bypass virus detection by inserting invalid characters into base64 encoded content in a multipart/mixed MIME file, as demonstrated with the EICAR test file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-14.txt
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23362
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23379
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23411
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23460
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1238
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:230
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_78_clamav.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypassExploit, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4948
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5113
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-14.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23362
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23379
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23411
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23460
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1238
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:230
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_78_clamav.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypassExploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4948
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5113
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