CVE-2006-0512

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    CVE-2006-0512

    Published: 2 Feb 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: PADL 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/22243, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2427, https://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1187, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=338920

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High