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Debian 3.1 DSA 1187-1 Severe: Migrationtools Denial Of Service

Updated package.. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 1187-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff September 30th, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : migrationtools Vulnerability : insecure temporary files Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2006-0512 Debian Bug : 338920 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. Upgrade Instructions - --------------------wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 612 5a355cf02190e34db6b1ce980451f834 Size/MD5 checksum: 7507 9ac40aa23b34c01679b706fe8cd2805f Size/MD5 checksum: 21069 dc80548f76d6aeba2b51b15751e08b21 Architecture independent components: Size/MD5 checksum: 23284 762bca33fb8b2bf74efabe0735a490b8 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------For apt-get: deb https://www.debian.org/security/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Resolution for denial of service found in migration utilities. Enhance by upgrading to lessen vulnerabilities from unprotected temporary files.. Denial Of Service, Migration Tools, Debian Security. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Sep 30, 2006 •Critical Debian