CVE-2014-4040 — Vulnetix

CVE-2014-4040 REJECTED

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.

EPSS 0.37% · 59.4th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.37%

59.4th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	powerpc-utils	0, 1.2.18+r1.1.3-24ubuntu1

Exploit Intelligence

[oss-security] 20140617 Re: CVE request: multiple /tmp races in ppc64-diag (circl)
RHSA-2015:0384 (circl)

Timeline

Jun 17, 2014 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4040 third-party-advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/1 third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4040 third-party-advisory

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