CVE-2006-5297 (GCVE-0-2006-5297)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-10-16 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:48
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://secunia.com/advisories/25529 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://marc.info/?l=mutt-dev&m=115999486426292&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20733 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
http://secunia.com/advisories/22640 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/22613 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/22685 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/22686 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-373-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-03… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4176 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
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