CVE-2006-6406
First published: Sun Dec 10 2006(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Clam Anti-virus Clamav | =0.88.6 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23362
- http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-14.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1238
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_78_clamav.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23460
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23379
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23411
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:230
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4948
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5113
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded
- collector/nvd-historical
- vendor/clam anti-virus
- product/clamav
- canonical/clam anti-virus clamav
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/author
- agent/severity
- agent/weakness
- agent/references
- agent/type
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- version/clam anti-virus clamav/0.88.6