CVE-2006-0512

NameCVE-2006-0512
DescriptionPADL MigrationTools 46 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary files, which are not properly created by (1) migrate_all_online.sh, (2) migrate_all_offline.sh, (3) migrate_all_netinfo_online.sh, (4) migrate_all_netinfo_offline.sh, (5) migrate_all_nis_online.sh, (6) migrate_all_nis_offline.sh, (7) migrate_all_nisplus_online.sh, and (8) migrate_all_nisplus_offline.sh.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1187-1
Debian Bugs338920

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
migrationtools (PTS)bullseye47-9fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm48-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
migrationtoolssourcesarge46-1sarge1DSA-1187-1
migrationtoolssource(unstable)46-2.1medium338920

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