CVE-2014-4039

medium

Description

ppc64-diag 2.6.1 uses 0775 permissions for /tmp/diagSEsnap and does not properly restrict permissions for /tmp/diagSEsnap/snapH.tar.gz, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading files in this archive, as demonstrated by /var/log/messages and /etc/yaboot.conf.

References

Advisories
More

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1320.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0383.html

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/1

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-07/msg00018.html

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2014-3970

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109371

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68086

http://secunia.com/advisories/60616

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-06-17

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00377