CVE-2006-1989

Public Exploit

Description

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.

5.1

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 4.49% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory trustix.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory suse.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory clamav.net

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Jun/msg00000.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20159	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:080	vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/599220	third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/19963	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1586	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26182	vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016392	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19964	third party advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0024	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19912	third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_05.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19880	exploit third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.clamav.net/security/0.88.2.html	exploit vendor advisory
http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-09.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/25120	vdb entry
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20117	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1050	vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-03.xml	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20877	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2566	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17754	vdb entry patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/19874	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-1989?: CVE-2006-1989 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-1989?: To fix CVE-2006-1989, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-1989 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-1989 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.