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CVE-2006-1989

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.

Published

2006-05-01T19:06:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.1 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	clam_anti-virus	clamav	0.88	Yes
Application	clam_anti-virus	clamav	0.88.1	Yes

References

http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-09.txt ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Jun/msg00000.html ([email protected])
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/19874 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/19880 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/19912 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/19963 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/19964 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/20117 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/20159 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/20877 ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016392 ([email protected])
http://www.clamav.net/security/0.88.2.html Exploit, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1050 ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-03.xml ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/599220 US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:080 ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_05.html ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/25120 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17754 Patch ([email protected])
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0024 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1586 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2566 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26182 ([email protected])
http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-09.txt (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Jun/msg00000.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19874 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19880 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19912 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19963 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19964 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20117 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20159 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20877 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016392 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.clamav.net/security/0.88.2.html Exploit, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1050 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-03.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/599220 US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:080 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_05.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/25120 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17754 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0024 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1586 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2566 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26182 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)