FKIE_CVE-2006-2838

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-06-06 20:06 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:25
Severity
Summary
Buffer overflow in the web console in F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange 6.40, and Internet Gatekeeper 6.40 through 6.42 and 6.50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors. NOTE: By default, the connections are only allowed from the local host.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/20407Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1016196
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1016197Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2006-3.shtmlPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2076
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26799
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/20407Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1016196
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1016197Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2006-3.shtmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2076
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26799
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
f-secure f-secure_anti-virus 6.40
f-secure internet_gatekeeper 6.4
f-secure internet_gatekeeper 6.41
f-secure internet_gatekeeper 6.42
f-secure internet_gatekeeper 6.50
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