CVE-2006-5297

Multiple mutt tempfile race conditions

Severity Score

1.2

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Condición de carrera en la función safe_open en el cliente de correo Mutt 1.5.12 y anteriores, cuando se crean archivos temporales en un sistema de ficheros NFS, permite a usuarios locales sobreescribir archivos de su elección debido a limitaciones del uso de la bandera O_EXCL en sistemas de ficheros NFS.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 1.2

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-10-16 CVE Reserved
2006-10-16 CVE Published
2024-03-10 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (15)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=mutt-dev&m=115999486426292&w=2	Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/22613	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22640	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22685	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22686	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25529	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20733	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4176	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10601	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:190	2017-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0386.html	2017-10-11
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061	2017-10-11
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-373-1	2017-10-11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5297	2007-06-04
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=211085	2007-06-04

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				<= 1.5.12 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version " <= 1.5.12"		-		Affected
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				0.95.6 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "0.95.6"		-		Affected
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				1.2.1 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "1.2.1"		-		Affected
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				1.2.5 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "1.2.5"		-		Affected
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				1.2.5.1 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "1.2.5.1"		-		Affected
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				1.2.5.4 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "1.2.5.4"		-		Affected
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				1.2.5.5 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "1.2.5.5"		-		Affected
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				1.2.5.12 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "1.2.5.12"		-		Affected
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				1.2.5.12_ol Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "1.2.5.12_ol"		-		Affected
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				1.3.12 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "1.3.12"		-		Affected
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				1.3.12.1 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "1.3.12.1"		-		Affected
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				1.3.16 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "1.3.16"		-		Affected
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				1.3.17 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "1.3.17"		-		Affected
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				1.3.22 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "1.3.22"		-		Affected
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				1.3.24 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "1.3.24"		-		Affected
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				1.3.25 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "1.3.25"		-		Affected
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				1.3.27 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "1.3.27"		-		Affected
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				1.3.28 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "1.3.28"		-		Affected
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				1.4.0 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "1.4.0"		-		Affected
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				1.4.1 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "1.4.1"		-		Affected
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				1.4.2 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "1.4.2"		-		Affected
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				1.4.2.1 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "1.4.2.1"		-		Affected
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				1.5.3 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "1.5.3"		-		Affected
Mutt Search vendor "Mutt"		Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt"				1.5.10 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "1.5.10"		-		Affected