CVE-2006-5298 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=mutt-dev&m=115999486426292&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/22613 http://secunia.com/advisories/22640 http://secunia.com/advisories/22685 http://secunia.com/advisories/22686 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:190 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/ http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-373-1