Red Hat Enterprise Linux up to 5 credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux up to 5. It has been classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in credentials management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2014-3925. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux up to 5 (Operating System). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-255. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was shared 06/01/2014 as Bug 1102633 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-3925 since 05/30/2014. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87499 (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 15.04 / 15.10 : sosreport vulnerabilities (USN-2845-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196345 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Sosreport Vulnerabilities (USN-2845-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (93681), Tenable (87499), SecurityFocus (BID 68073†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-55755†). The entry VDB-80662 is related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 87499
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 15.04 / 15.10 : sosreport vulnerabilities (USN-2845-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 841810
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for sosreport USN-2845-1
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Recommended: Upgrade
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05/29/2014 🔍
05/30/2014 +1 days 🔍
06/01/2014 +2 days 🔍
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03/25/2015 +297 days 🔍
12/17/2015 +267 days 🔍
12/18/2015 +1 days 🔍
01/19/2016 +32 days 🔍
07/05/2018 +898 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: Bug 1102633
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-3925 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-3925
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69879
X-Force: 93681
SecurityFocus: 68073
Vulnerability Center: 55755 - SOSreport <3.2 Remote Password Information Disclosure Vulnerability in fstab File, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 07/05/2018 09:02
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (53), 07/05/2018 09:02 (23)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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