CVE-2006-1989

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-04-24 CVE Reserved
2006-05-01 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
2025-04-03 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (24)

URL	Tag	Source
http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-09.txt	X_refsource_confirm
http://secunia.com/advisories/19874	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19912	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19963	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19964	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20117	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20159	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20877	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016392	Vdb Entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/599220	Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/25120	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1586	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2566	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26182	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/19880	2024-08-07
http://www.clamav.net/security/0.88.2.html	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17754	2017-07-20

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Jun/msg00000.html	2017-07-20
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html	2017-07-20
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1050	2017-07-20
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-03.xml	2017-07-20
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:080	2017-07-20
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_05.html	2017-07-20
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0024	2017-07-20

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Clam Anti-virus Search vendor "Clam Anti-virus"		Clamav Search vendor "Clam Anti-virus" for product "Clamav"				0.88 Search vendor "Clam Anti-virus" for product "Clamav" and version "0.88"		-		Affected
Clam Anti-virus Search vendor "Clam Anti-virus"		Clamav Search vendor "Clam Anti-virus" for product "Clamav"				0.88.1 Search vendor "Clam Anti-virus" for product "Clamav" and version "0.88.1"		-		Affected