cve-2006-5297
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-10-16 19:00
Modified
2024-08-07 19:48
Severity
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.
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cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=mutt-dev&m=115999486426292&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22613
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22640
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22685
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22686
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/25529
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:190
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0386.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20733
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-373-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4176
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10601
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