| Name | CVE-2006-2427 |
| Description | freshclam in (1) Clam Antivirus (ClamAV) 0.88 and (2) ClamXav 1.0.3h and earlier does not drop privileges before processing the config-file command line option, which allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files when an error message displays the first line of the target file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| clamav (PTS) | buster | 0.103.6+dfsg-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 0.103.9+dfsg-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 0.103.10+dfsg-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.0.3+dfsg-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 1.0.5+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| sid | 1.0.5+dfsg-1.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| clamav | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- clamav <not-affected> (clamav-freshclam doesn't ship freshclam setuid or setgid)