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CVE-2014-4040

N/A
Published: June 17, 2014 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:09 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPowerpc Utils

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (2)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/1
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0384.html

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-310

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