USN-2845-1

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    USN-2845-1

    Published: 18 Dec 2015Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: sosreport vulnerabilities

    Details: Dolev Farhi discovered an information disclosure issue in SoS. If the /etc/fstab file contained passwords, the passwords were included in the SoS report. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-3925) Mateusz Guzik discovered that SoS incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files or gain access to temporary file contents containing sensitive system information. (CVE-2015-7529)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2845-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3925, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7529

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sosreport

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1-1ubuntu2.2

    Affected versions

    3.0-1

    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