CVE-2006-5297 (GCVE-0-2006-5297)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-10-16 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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
13 references
Date Public
2006-10-04 00:00
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"current_release_date": "2025-11-21T13:21:29+00:00",
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"id": "CVE-2006-5297",
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"product_status:fixed": "126",
"source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
"status": "final",
"title": "Multiple mutt tempfile race conditions",
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"version": "3"
}
}
}
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