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title: CVE-2005-4683
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
  desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.
url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-4683
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# CVE-2005-4683

Publication date 31 December 2005

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| migrationtools | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4683)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4683)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-4683)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-4683)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-4683>