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CVE-2006-6409 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461	CVE
http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
f-secure f-secure anti-virus	4.65
CPE cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:f-secure_anti-virus:4.65::linux_gateways::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 17, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 11, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]