| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 338920 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| migrationtools (PTS) | buster | 47-8 | fixed |
| bullseye | 47-9 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 48-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| migrationtools | source | (unstable) | 46-2.1 | unimportant | 338920 |
The temp fix makes use of TMPDIR