| Name | CVE-2006-5297 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 396104 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mutt (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 2.0.5-4.1+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.2.12-0.1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 2.2.9-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.2.13-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mutt | source | (unstable) | 1.5.13-1.1 | low | | 396104 |
Notes
[sarge] - mutt <no-dsa> (Minor issue, tmp dirs on NFS cause problems in many scenarios)