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.
Published: 2014-06-17
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-3971 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.
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Powerpc-utils Project Powerpc-utils
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:04:27.889Z

Reserved: 2014-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-4040

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-06-17T15:55:06.317

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-4040

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-06-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-4040 - Bugzilla

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