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Debian DSA-1187-1 : migrationtools - insecure temporary files

low Nessus Plugin ID 22729

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Jason Hoover discovered that migrationtools, a collection of scripts to migrate user data to LDAP creates several temporary files insecurely, which might lead to denial of service through a symlink attack.

Solution

Upgrade the migrationtools package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 46-1sarge1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=338920

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1187

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 22729

File Name: debian_DSA-1187.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:migrationtools, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0512

DSA: 1187