debian · CVE-2006-5297

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Priority: low Published: Updated: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 01:00:03 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2006-5297 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mutt), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

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.

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