CVE-2006-6406 Affecting clamav package, versions <0.88.7-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.42% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-CLAMAV-524654
  • published10 Dec 2006
  • disclosed10 Dec 2006

Introduced: 10 Dec 2006

CVE-2006-6406  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 clamav to version 0.88.7-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream clamav package and not the clamav package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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