{"document":{"aggregate_severity":{"namespace":"https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/","text":"moderate"},"category":"csaf_security_advisory","csaf_version":"2.0","distribution":{"text":"Copyright 2024 SUSE LLC. 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Page","text":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4040"}],"notes":[{"category":"general","text":"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.","title":"CVE description"}],"product_status":{"recommended":["SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:powerpc-utils-1.2.16-0.13.1.ppc64","SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3:powerpc-utils-1.2.16-0.13.1.ppc64"]},"references":[{"category":"external","summary":"CVE-2014-4040","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4040"},{"category":"external","summary":"SUSE Bug 883174 for CVE-2014-4040","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/883174"}],"remediations":[{"category":"vendor_fix","details":"To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE 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