DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5297

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5297
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5297.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5297
Upstream
Published
2006-10-16T19:07:00Z
Modified
2025-11-14T04:01:19.097304Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Race condition in the safeopen 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 OEXCL flag on NFS filesystems.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / mutt

Package

Name
mutt
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mutt?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.13-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / mutt

Package

Name
mutt
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mutt?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.13-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / mutt

Package

Name
mutt
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mutt?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.13-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / mutt

Package

Name
mutt
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mutt?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.13-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}