CVE-2006-5298

NameCVE-2006-5298
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs396104

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
mutt (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.5.23-3+deb8u7fixed
stretch (security)1.7.2-1+deb9u6fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1.7.2-1+deb9u7fixed
buster1.10.1-2.1+deb10u6fixed
buster (security)1.10.1-2.1+deb10u7fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye2.0.5-4.1+deb11u3fixed
bookworm2.2.12-0.1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)2.2.9-1+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie2.2.12-0.1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
muttsource(unstable)1.5.13-1.1low396104

Notes

[sarge] - mutt <no-dsa> (Minor issue, tmp dirs on NFS cause problems in many scenarios)

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