CVE-2014-2029 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The automatic version check functionality in the tools in Percona Toolkit 2.1 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information or execute arbitrary code by leveraging use of HTTP to download configuration information from v.percona.com.

Published: 2017-09-28

Score: 8.1 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:percona:toolkit:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-2081	The automatic version check functionality in the tools in Percona Toolkit 2.1 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information or execute arbitrary code by leveraging use of HTTP to download configuration information from v.percona.com.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00721.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/19/14
https://bugs.launchpad.net/percona-toolkit/+bug/1279502
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864194

History

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Subscriptions

Percona Toolkit

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-09-28T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:58:16.182Z

Reserved: 2014-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-2029

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-29T01:34:47.780

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2014-2029

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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