CVE - CVE-2006-6409

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-6409	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Linux Gateways 4.65 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (possibly fatal scan error), and possibly bypass virus detection, by inserting invalid characters into base64 encoded content in a multipart/mixed MIME file, as demonstrated with the EICAR test file.
References
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BID:21461 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461 BUGTRAQ:20061206 Multiple Vendor Unusual MIME Encoding Content Filter Bypass URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded MISC:http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20061209	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20061209)
Votes (Legacy)

Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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