Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2006-5297 First vendor Publication 2006-10-16
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-10-11

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 1.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 1.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5297

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10601
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10601
Title: 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.
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2006-5297
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 35

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for mutt FEDORA-2007-540
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_540_mutt_fc5.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
30094 Mutt safe_open Function NFS Filesystem Race Condition Arbitrary File Overwrite

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0386.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.
File : sl_20070604_mutt_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-373-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-06-04 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2007-0386.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-06-04 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0386.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2006-190.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-01-17 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2006-1061.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-01-17 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2006-1063.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20733
MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:190
MLIST http://marc.info/?l=mutt-dev&m=115999486426292&w=2
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0386.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/22613
http://secunia.com/advisories/22640
http://secunia.com/advisories/22685
http://secunia.com/advisories/22686
http://secunia.com/advisories/25529
TRUSTIX http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-373-1
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4176

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