CVE-2005-4683

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    CVE-2005-4683

    Published: 31 Dec 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: PADL MigrationTools 46, when a failure occurs, stores contents of /etc/shadow in a world-readable /tmp/nis.$$.ldif file, and possibly other sensitive information in other temporary files, which are not properly managed 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/17530, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2427, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=338920, http://www.osvdb.org/20839, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42335

    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