CVE-2006-6406

Impact

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.

Affected products

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-14.txt
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23362
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23379
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23411
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23460
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1238
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:230
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_78_clamav.html
• http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4948
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5113
• http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-14.txt
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23362
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23379
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23411
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23460
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1238
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:230
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_78_clamav.html
• http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4948