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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-10-16T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:48:29.473Z

Reserved: 2006-10-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-5297

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-10-16T19:07:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:18:39.430

Link: CVE-2006-5297

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2006-10-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2006-5297 - Bugzilla