{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4040","details":"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to a technical-support data stream.","modified":"2025-07-16T07:02:09.589792Z","published":"2014-06-17T15:55:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:43:03Z","upstream":["CVE-2014-4040"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4040"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4040"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"powerpc-utils","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/powerpc-utils@1.3.1-1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.3.1-1"}]}],"versions":["1.2.18+r1.1.3-24ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"powerpc-ibm-utils","binary_version":"1.3.1-1"},{"binary_name":"powerpc-ibm-utils-dbgsym","binary_version":"1.3.1-1"},{"binary_name":"powerpc-utils","binary_version":"1.3.1-1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4040.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}