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CVE-2006-5297

Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%

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.

Published 2006-10-16 · CVE record · OSV

Products: mutt

Distro releases

ReleasePackageFixed in
Debian 12mutt1.5.13-1.1
Debian 13mutt1.5.13-1.1
Debian 14mutt1.5.13-1.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3mutt5:1.4.1-5.el3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3mutt-debuginfo5:1.4.1-5.el3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4mutt5:1.4.1-12.0.3.el4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4mutt-debuginfo5:1.4.1-12.0.3.el4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5mutt5:1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5mutt-debuginfo5:1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5