CVE-2006-6406

NameCVE-2006-6406
DescriptionClam 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1238-1
Debian Bugs401873

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
clamav (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)0.103.9+dfsg-0+deb8u1fixed
stretch (security)0.103.6+dfsg-0+deb9u1fixed
stretch (lts), stretch0.103.9+dfsg-0+deb9u1fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)0.103.9+dfsg-0+deb10u1fixed
bullseye0.103.10+dfsg-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm1.0.7+dfsg-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie1.4.1+dfsg-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
clamavsourcesarge0.84-2.sarge.13DSA-1238-1
clamavsource(unstable)0.88.7-1medium401873
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