USN-373-1: mutt vulnerabilities

Publication date

1 November 2006

Overview

mutt vulnerabilities


Details

Race conditions were discovered in mutt's handling of temporary files.
Under certain conditions when using a shared temp directory (the
default), other local users could overwrite arbitrary files owned by the
user running mutt. This vulnerability is more likely when the temp
directory is over NFS.

Race conditions were discovered in mutt's handling of temporary files.
Under certain conditions when using a shared temp directory (the
default), other local users could overwrite arbitrary files owned by the
user running mutt. This vulnerability is more likely when the temp
directory is over NFS.

Update instructions

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart mutt to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
6.10 edgy mutt –  1.5.12-1ubuntu1.1
6.06 dapper mutt –  1.5.11-3ubuntu2.2
5.10 breezy mutt –  1.5.9-2ubuntu1.2

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