5.1
CVSSv2

CVE-2006-1989

Published: 01/05/2006 Updated: 20/07/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.1 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 4.9
VMScore: 454
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

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.

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Ulf Härnhammar and an anonymous researcher from Germany discovered a vulnerability in the protocol code of freshclam, a command line utility responsible for downloading and installing virus signature updates for ClamAV, the antivirus scanner for Unix This could lead to a denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code The old st ...