CVE-2014-4040
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.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2014-06-17
- Last modified
- 2024-08-06
- Weaknesses
- CWE-310
Affected products
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0384.html
