Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2005-4683

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
cpe:2.3:a:padl_software:migrationtools:46:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

secunia.com/advisories/17530nvdVendor Advisory
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
www.osvdb.org/20839nvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2427nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42335nvd

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