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migrationtools: insecure temporary files

Package(s):migrationtools CVE #(s):CVE-2006-0512
Created:October 2, 2006 Updated:October 4, 2006
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.
Alerts:
Debian DSA-1187-1 2006-09-30
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