Is CVE-2005-4683 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-4683 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-4683?

CVE-2005-4683 has a CVSS v2 base score of 2.1 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-4683?

CVE-2005-4683 has an EPSS score of 0.37% (29th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2005-4683?

Upgrade migrationtools on debian 11 to 46-2.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-4683

LOW

2.1

CVSS v2

NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available

migrationtoolsDebian

Fixed in:46-2.1CVE-2005-4683

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.37%probability of exploitation in 30 days

29thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 29% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

secunia.com

Other references4

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