Hi Michelle,

On 16 July 2010 19:17, Michelle Konzack <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Shouldn't %s be the preferred form as mutt creates a unique file in
>> /tmp, so creating it manually shouldn't be necessary.
>
> No it does not.
>
> The file is always called /tmp/mutt.html and if  you  run  a  Multi-User
> Environment and several peoples login using "SSH" and run "mutt" you get
> the hell on the ass.
>
> This is one of mutts security problems...
>

You're right, I went to check the changelogs [1] and saw that there
are some Debian patches [2] in versions 1.5.13-1.1, 1.5.20-7 to give
/tmp/muttXXXXXX like names. It's been over 5 years since I've used
Mutt in a multiuser environment so I haven't had to worry too much
about the tmp files.


> Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
>    Michelle Konzack
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[1] 
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/m/mutt/mutt_1.5.20-9/changelog
[2] 
http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/mutt/1.5.20-9/upstream/311296-rand-mktemp.patch

Regards,
Dermot

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