Bug 1110520 (CVE-2014-4040)

Summary:	CVE-2014-4040 powerpc-utils: snap creates archives with fstab and yaboot.conf which may expose certain passwords
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Vincent Danen <vdanen>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	dhorak, jcajka, psklenar, secondary-arch-list
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the way the snap utility of powerpc-utils generated an archive containing a configuration snapshot of a service. A local attacker could obtain sensitive information from the generated archive such as plain text passwords.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2021-10-20 10:44:58 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1164147
Bug Blocks:	1121513

Description Vincent Danen 2014-06-17 20:26:03 UTC

Originally noted as part of bug #1109371.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2014-4040 to
the following vulnerability:

Name: CVE-2014-4040
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4040
Assigned: 20140612
Reference: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/1

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.

Comment 1 Vincent Danen 2014-06-17 20:28:33 UTC

Statement:

This issue affects the versions of powerpc-utils as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2015-03-05 08:51:44 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2015:0384 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0384.html