Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 17, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2014-4040
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.
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5cpe:2.3:a:powerpc-utils_project:powerpc-utils:1.2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:powerpc-utils_project:powerpc-utils:1.2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =1.2.20
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/suse/powerpc-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/powerpc-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/powerpc-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1
< 1.2.22-7.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.22-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.22-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.12-slfo.1.1_5.1
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