CVE-2006-6409

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 (6)

• cve@mitrehttp://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461