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title: "CVE-2014-4040\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-4040

Publication date 17 June 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4040?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| powerpc-utils | 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| ppc64-diag | 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4040?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

snap script is in powerpc-utils (powerpc-ibm-utils binary
package), which ppc64diag depends on.
code is not present in powerpc-utils 1.1.3.

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| powerpc-utils | * Upstream:   [96f8614](https://github.com/nfont/powerpc-utils/commit/96f861446684be87304f4af34029c6ddd52e6584) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4040)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4040)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-4040)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4040)

### Other references

* <http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/1>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4040>