CVE-2014-4040

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    CVE-2014-4040

    Published: 17 Jun 2014Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: snap in powerpc-utils 1.2.20 produces an archive with fstab and yaboot.conf files potentially containing cleartext passwords, and lacks a warning about reviewing this archive to detect included passwords, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging access to a technical-support data stream.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0384.html, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/1

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High