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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-1989: ClamAV: Buffer overflow in Freshclam

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-1989: ClamAV: Buffer overflow in Freshclam

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/01/2006
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-antivirus-clamav

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