Bug 1110520 – CVE-2014-4040 powerpc-utils: snap creates archives with fstab and yaboot.conf which may expose certain passwords

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Bug 1110520 - (CVE-2014-4040) CVE-2014-4040 powerpc-utils: snap creates archives with fstab and yaboot.conf which may expose certain passwords

Summary:	CVE-2014-4040 powerpc-utils: snap creates archives with fstab and yaboot.conf...

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2014-4040

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity low
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Whiteboard:	impact=low,public=20140613,reported=2...
Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1164147
Blocks:	1121513
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Reported:	2014-06-17 16:26 EDT by Vincent Danen
Modified:	2015-03-16 08:57 EDT (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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.
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:0384	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Low: powerpc-utils security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2015-03-05 08:49:29 EST

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Description Vincent Danen 2014-06-17 16:26:03 EDT

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 16:28:33 EDT

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 03:51:44 EST

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

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