CVE-2014-4040

powerpc-utils: snap creates archives with fstab and yaboot.conf which may expose certain passwords

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

1.2

CVSS 2.0

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Published · June 13, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 1.2
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor