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Family: Debian Local Security Checks --> Category: infos
[DSA1187] DSA-1187-1 migrationtools Vulnerability Scan
Vulnerability Scan Summary DSA-1187-1 migrationtools
Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test
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.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 46-1sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 46-2.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your migrationtools package.
Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1187
Threat Level: High
Click HERE for more information and discussions on this network vulnerability scan.
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