CVE-2006-1989

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-1989
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-05-01 19:06:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.1 from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.044890000 probability, percentile 0.891310000 (date 2026-04-20)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.88 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.88.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0024 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org
SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mac OS X Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SuSE Security announcements: [suse-security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2006:010 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.suse.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Clam AntiVirus Buffer Overflow in Freshclam Lets Remote Servers Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kolab.org
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#599220 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1050-1 clamav af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
ClamAV Freshclam HTTP Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
ClamAV™: Security advisory: 0.88.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.clamav.net Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- ClamAV: Buffer overflow in Freshclam af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Kolab Server update for clamav - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Gentoo update for clamav - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Trustix updates for multiple packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for clamav af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
www.osvdb.org/25120 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
APPLE-SA-2006-06-27 Mac OS X v10.4.7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Clam AntiVirus FreshClam Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for clamav af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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