| Name | CVE-2014-4040 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| powerpc-utils (PTS) | jessie | 1.1.3-25 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 1.3.2-1 | fixed |
| buster | 1.3.2-1.1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.3.8-3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.3.10-2 | fixed |
| trixie | 1.3.12-1 | fixed |
| sid | 1.3.13-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| powerpc-utils | source | (unstable) | 1.3.1-2 | unimportant | | |
Notes
SuSE decided to put/display a warning about the possibility to of
containing cleartext passwords in the produced archive containing fstab
and yaboot.conf
1.3.1-2 upload removed /usr/sbin/snap from the installed binary package