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...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2014-4040
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1164147
Blocks: 1121513
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Reported: 2014-06-17 20:26 UTC by Vincent Danen
Modified: 2021-10-20 10:44 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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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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Last Closed: 2021-10-20 10:44:58 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:0384 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Low: powerpc-utils security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2015-03-05 13:49:29 UTC

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
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