Information Exposure Affecting powerpc-utils package, versions <0:1.2.24-7.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-POWERPCUTILS-4519752
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed13 Jun 2014

Introduced: 13 Jun 2014

CVE-2014-4040  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 powerpc-utils to version 0:1.2.24-7.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:0384.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream powerpc-utils package and not the powerpc-utils package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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