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.
Published: 2006-10-16
Score: 1.2 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-5282 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-373-1 mutt vulnerabilities
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Mutt Mutt
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:48:29.473Z

Reserved: 2006-10-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-5297

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-10-16T19:07:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2006-5297

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2006-10-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2006-5297 - Bugzilla

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