UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4040
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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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4040, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4040
Affected packages
Package
Name: powerpc-utils
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -1.3.1-1
Affected versions
1.2.18+r1.1.3-24ubuntu1
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
