31284 : Clam AntiVirus Invalid Base64 MIME Scanning Bypass
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2006-12-06

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-6406" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : 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.

Classification

Location: Local / Remote
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Solution Unknown
OSVDB: Security Software

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2006-6406 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 21461 21609
Secunia Advisory ID: 23362 23379 23404 23417 23460
Related OSVDB ID: 31283
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-4948 ADV-2006-5113
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-12/0105.html
Other Advisory URL: http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-14.txt
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200612-18.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:230
http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0072/
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1238

Tools & Filters

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	3841 3842

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-12-11 | Disagree?

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