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CVE-2006-6481
Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.88.6 allows remote attackers to cause a...
Vulnerability Description
Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.88.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack overflow and application crash) by wrapping many layers of multipart/mixed content around a document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5874 and CVE-2006-6406.
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://osvdb.org/31283
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21609
- http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-14.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23460
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23347
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23404
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4948
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1238
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23417
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-18.xml
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0072/
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_78_clamav.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23379
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:230
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5113
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23411
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23362
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Affected Vendor
clam anti-virus
View all reports →Affected Software
clamav
Vulnerable Versions:
0.88.6
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 12th, 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.