CVE-2014-3925

Description

sosreport in Red Hat sos 1.7 and earlier on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 produces an archive with an fstab file 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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.34%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/29/6 mailing list
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102633 vendor advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/30/3 mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-3925?
CVE-2014-3925 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-3925?
To fix CVE-2014-3925, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-3925 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2014-3925 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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