CVE-2005-4683

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

Padl Software Migrationtools: 46

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=338920
http://secunia.com/advisories/17530
http://www.osvdb.org/20839
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2427
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42335
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=338920
http://secunia.com/advisories/17530
http://www.osvdb.org/20839
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2427
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42335

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