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CVE-2014-3925 json

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…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-3862

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • sosreport Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.1-1ubuntu2.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3925

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  • sos RHEL 5 1.7-9.73.el5

red hat advisories RHBA-2014:1200

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2014-3925 updated cvss 1.9

sos: does not indicate data sent is potentially sensitive on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) sos 1.7-9.73.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) sos 1.7-9.73.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2014:1200
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 sos
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-255 Credentials Management Errors

References

Sources

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