CVE-2006-5297
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 16, 2006
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 16, 2006
Description
Race condition in the safe_open function in the Mutt mail client 1.5.12 and earlier, when creating temporary files in an NFS filesystem, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files due to limitations of the use of the O_EXCL flag on NFS filesystems.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 25529third-party-advisory
- [mutt-dev] 20061004 security problem with temp files [was Re: mutt_adv_mktemp() ?]mailing-list
- 20733vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10601vdb-entrysignature
- 2006-0061vendor-advisory
- 22640third-party-advisory
- 22613third-party-advisory
- 22685third-party-advisory
- 22686third-party-advisory
- USN-373-1vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2007:0386vendor-advisory
- ADV-2006-4176vdb-entry
- MDKSA-2006:190vendor-advisory
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