SUSE-RU-2015:0574-1

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    SUSE-RU-2015:0574-1

    Published: 12 Sept 2014Last Modified: 2 May 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-4040
    Aliases:
    CVE-2014-4040

    Summary: Security update for powerpc-utils

    Details: The 'snap' system information collection tool of the PowerPC Utils package collected fstab and yaboot.conf files which might contain passwords. (CVE-2014-4040) As these files are of interest, we now print a warning that the user of the 'snap' tool should check if private passwords are in those files. Security Issues: * CVE-2014-4040 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4040>

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement//suse-ru-20150574-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/879310, https://bugzilla.suse.com/879839, https://bugzilla.suse.com/883174, https://bugzilla.suse.com/901216, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4040

    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