CVE-2006-5297 - CVE Reference - Advisories

CVE Reference: CVE-2006-5297

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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.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-373-1 TRUSTIX http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/ SAID Secunia Advisory: SA22613 Secunia Advisory: SA22640 Secunia Advisory: SA22686 Secunia Advisory: SA22685 Secunia Advisory: SA25529 REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0386.html MLIST http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mutt-dev&m=115999486426292&w=2 MANDRIVA http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:190 BID 20733

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