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CVE-2006-5297

Published: Oct 16, 2006 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
1.2 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5297
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
MuttMutt*1.5.12 (including)
MuttMutt0.95.6 (including)0.95.6 (including)
MuttMutt1.2.1 (including)1.2.1 (including)
MuttMutt1.2.5 (including)1.2.5 (including)
MuttMutt1.2.5.1 (including)1.2.5.1 (including)
MuttMutt1.2.5.4 (including)1.2.5.4 (including)
MuttMutt1.2.5.5 (including)1.2.5.5 (including)
MuttMutt1.2.5.12 (including)1.2.5.12 (including)
MuttMutt1.2.5.12_ol (including)1.2.5.12_ol (including)
MuttMutt1.3.12 (including)1.3.12 (including)
MuttMutt1.3.12.1 (including)1.3.12.1 (including)
MuttMutt1.3.16 (including)1.3.16 (including)
MuttMutt1.3.17 (including)1.3.17 (including)
MuttMutt1.3.22 (including)1.3.22 (including)
MuttMutt1.3.24 (including)1.3.24 (including)
MuttMutt1.3.25 (including)1.3.25 (including)
MuttMutt1.3.27 (including)1.3.27 (including)
MuttMutt1.3.28 (including)1.3.28 (including)
MuttMutt1.4.0 (including)1.4.0 (including)
MuttMutt1.4.1 (including)1.4.1 (including)
MuttMutt1.4.2 (including)1.4.2 (including)
MuttMutt1.4.2.1 (including)1.4.2.1 (including)
MuttMutt1.5.3 (including)1.5.3 (including)
MuttMutt1.5.10 (including)1.5.10 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatmutt-5:1.4.1-5.el3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatmutt-5:1.4.1-12.0.3.el4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatmutt-5:1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5*
MuttUbuntudapper*
MuttUbuntudevel*
MuttUbuntuedgy*
MuttUbuntufeisty*

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