CVE-2006-5297

N/A Unknown
Published: October 16, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=mutt-dev&m=115999486426292&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/22613
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/22640
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/22685
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/22686
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/25529
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:190
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0386.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20733
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-373-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4176
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10601
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=mutt-dev&m=115999486426292&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/22613
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/22640
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/22685
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/22686
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/25529
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:190
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0386.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20733
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-373-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4176
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10601
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

26 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

mutt