CVE-2006-5297

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    CVE-2006-5297

    Published: 16 Oct 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/22613, http://secunia.com/advisories/22640, http://secunia.com/advisories/22685, http://secunia.com/advisories/22686, http://secunia.com/advisories/25529, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:190, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-373-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4176, http://marc.info/?l=mutt-dev&m=115999486426292&w=2, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0386.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20733, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10601

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High