CVE-2005-4683 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2005-4683

PADL MigrationTools 46, when a failure occurs, stores contents of...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

padl software

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Affected Software

migrationtools
Vulnerable Versions:
46

Timeline

Official Publish: February 1st, 2006
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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