package: mutt severity: important tags: security Some tempfile race condition vulnerabilities have been found in mutt:
CVE-2006-5297: 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. CVE-2006-5298: The mutt_adv_mktemp function in the Mutt mail client 1.5.12 and earlier does not properly verify that temporary files have been created with restricted permissions, which might allow local users to create files with weak permissions via a race condition between the mktemp and safe_fopen function calls. See http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mutt-dev&m=115999486426292&w=2 for details. I am not quite sure about the implications, adjust the severity as you see fit. Please mention the CVE id in the changelog. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
