Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 16, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-5297
CVE-2006-5297
Description
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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Affected products
25cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 24 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.5.12
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:0.95.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.2.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.2.5.12_ol:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=1.5.12
Patches
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References
13- marc.infonvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22613nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22640nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22685nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22686nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/25529nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0386.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20733nvd
- www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-373-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4176nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10601nvd
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