CVE-2006-5297 | BDVDB-2026-19744 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25529
- http://marc.info/?l=mutt-dev&m=115999486426292&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20733
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10601
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22640
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22613
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22685
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22686
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-373-1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0386.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4176
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:190
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.