CVE-2006-6409 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service and bypass virus detection by sending malformed base64 MIME content to F-Secure Anti-Virus for Linux Gateways.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-6409?
CVE-2006-6409 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Dec 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6409?
It affects 1 product.
Products include F-Secure F-Secure Anti-Virus.
How do I fix CVE-2006-6409?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6409 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-6409 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6409 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g2gr-xwg2-64rc.