CVE-2006-5297: Race Condition
First published: Mon Oct 16 2006(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Mutt Mutt | =1.3.12.1 | |
| Mutt Mutt | =1.2.5.5 | |
| Mutt Mutt | =0.95.6 | |
| Mutt Mutt | =1.3.27 | |
| Mutt Mutt | =1.4.2.1 | |
| Mutt Mutt | =1.3.16 | |
| Mutt Mutt | =1.2.5 | |
| Mutt Mutt | =1.3.25 | |
| Mutt Mutt | =1.4.1 | |
| Mutt Mutt | <=1.5.12 | |
| Mutt Mutt | =1.3.22 | |
| Mutt Mutt | =1.2.5.12 | |
| Mutt Mutt | =1.2.5.1 | |
| Mutt Mutt | =1.2.5.4 | |
| Mutt Mutt | =1.3.28 | |
| Mutt Mutt | =1.3.24 | |
| Mutt Mutt | =1.4.0 | |
| Mutt Mutt | =1.2.1 | |
| Mutt Mutt | =1.4.2 | |
| Mutt Mutt | =1.3.17 | |
| Mutt Mutt | =1.5.3 | |
| Mutt Mutt | =1.2.5.12_ol | |
| Mutt Mutt | =1.3.12 | |
| Mutt Mutt | =1.5.10 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20733
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22613
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22640
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-373-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22686
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22685
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:190
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0386.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25529
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4176
- http://marc.info/?l=mutt-dev&m=115999486426292&w=2
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10601
- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/description
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/mutt
- canonical/mutt mutt
- version/mutt mutt/1.3.12.1
- version/mutt mutt/1.2.5.5
- version/mutt mutt/0.95.6
- version/mutt mutt/1.3.27
- version/mutt mutt/1.4.2.1
- version/mutt mutt/1.3.16
- version/mutt mutt/1.2.5
- version/mutt mutt/1.3.25
- version/mutt mutt/1.4.1
- version/mutt mutt/1.5.12
- version/mutt mutt/1.3.22
- version/mutt mutt/1.2.5.12
- version/mutt mutt/1.2.5.1
- version/mutt mutt/1.2.5.4
- version/mutt mutt/1.3.28
- version/mutt mutt/1.3.24
- version/mutt mutt/1.4.0
- version/mutt mutt/1.2.1
- version/mutt mutt/1.4.2
- version/mutt mutt/1.3.17
- version/mutt mutt/1.5.3
- version/mutt mutt/1.2.5.12_ol
- version/mutt mutt/1.3.12
- version/mutt mutt/1.5.10