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Status published
Medium
CVE-2006-1989
Buffer overflow in the get_database function in the HTTP client...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in the get_database function in the HTTP client in Freshclam in ClamAV 0.80 to 0.88.1 might allow remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via long HTTP headers.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Jun/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20159
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:080
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/599220
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19963
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1586
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26182
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016392
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19964
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0024
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19912
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_05.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19880
- http://www.clamav.net/security/0.88.2.html
- http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-09.txt
- http://www.osvdb.org/25120
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20117
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1050
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-03.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20877
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2566
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17754
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19874
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Affected Vendor
clam anti-virus
View all reports →Affected Software
clamav
Vulnerable Versions:
0.88, 0.88.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 1st, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.