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DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5297

DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5297 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.900000095367432 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS 4.0
5.900000095367432
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14mutt0, 0, 0
Debian:13mutt0, 0, 0
Debian:11mutt0, 0, 0
Debian:12mutt0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Oct 16, 2006 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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