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CVE-2006-5297 json

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, al…

published 2006-10-16 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-5282

cvss
1.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • mutt Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.5.13-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5297

  • mutt RHEL 3 5:1.4.1-5.el3
  • mutt RHEL 4 5:1.4.1-12.0.3.el4
  • mutt RHEL 5 5:1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:0386

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-5297 updated

Multiple mutt tempfile race conditions

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 mutt 1.4.1-5.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) mutt 1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 mutt 1.4.1-5.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 mutt 1.4.1-12.0.3.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) mutt 1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 mutt 1.4.1-12.0.3.el4
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 mutt 1.4.1-5.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 mutt 1.4.1-12.0.3.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 mutt 1.4.1-5.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 mutt 1.4.1-12.0.3.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0386

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Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 1.2 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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