DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5297

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5297

    Published: 16 Oct 2006Last Modified: 7 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2006-5297

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5297

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mutt

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/mutt?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.13-1.1

    Affected versions

    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