FKIE_CVE-2006-5297

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-10-16 19:07 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
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.
References
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
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=mutt-dev&m=115999486426292&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22613
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22640
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22685
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22686
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/25529
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:190
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0386.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20733
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-373-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4176
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10601
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mutt mutt *
mutt mutt 0.95.6
mutt mutt 1.2.1
mutt mutt 1.2.5
mutt mutt 1.2.5.1
mutt mutt 1.2.5.4
mutt mutt 1.2.5.5
mutt mutt 1.2.5.12
mutt mutt 1.2.5.12_ol
mutt mutt 1.3.12
mutt mutt 1.3.12.1
mutt mutt 1.3.16
mutt mutt 1.3.17
mutt mutt 1.3.22
mutt mutt 1.3.24
mutt mutt 1.3.25
mutt mutt 1.3.27
mutt mutt 1.3.28
mutt mutt 1.4.0
mutt mutt 1.4.1
mutt mutt 1.4.2
mutt mutt 1.4.2.1
mutt mutt 1.5.3
mutt mutt 1.5.10
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