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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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. |
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USN-373-1 | mutt vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T19:48:29.473Z
Reserved: 2006-10-16T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2006-5297

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2006-10-16T19:07:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2006-5297


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