CVE-2006-6406

Publication date 10 December 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.88.6 allows remote attackers to bypass virus detection by inserting invalid characters into base64 encoded content in a multipart/mixed MIME file, as demonstrated with the EICAR test file.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
clamav 8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 0.91.2-3ubuntu1
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 0.91.2-3ubuntu1
7.04 feisty
Fixed 0.90.2-0ubuntu1.3
6.10 edgy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 0.92.1~dfsg2-1.1~dapper2