CVE-2014-4040

no score yetEPSS 1.8%

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.

EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 78% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-310
Published: 2014-06-17
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

powerpc-utils_project:powerpc-utils

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/1
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0384.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/1
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0384.html

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