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CVE-2014-3925

sosreport in Red Hat sos 1.7 and earlier on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 produces an archive...

5.0 MediumFix available

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.

Exploit likelihood

2.15%Up 0.9 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

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.

Record
CVE-2014-3925
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-255
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2014-3925
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-3862 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2014-3862
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-37q9-ff6c-vjm6 No score

sosreport in Red Hat sos 1.7 and earlier on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 produces an archive...

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.

Record
GHSA-37q9-ff6c-vjm6
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2014-3925 No score

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3925
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-2845-1 No score

sosreport vulnerabilities

Dolev Farhi discovered an information disclosure issue in SoS. If the /etc/fstab file contained passwords, the passwords were included in the SoS report. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-3925)

Mateusz Guzik discovered that SoS incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files or gain access to temporary file contents containing sensitive system information. (CVE-2015-7529)

Record
USN-2845-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
sos
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
before 0:1.7-9.73.el5
0:1.7-9.73.el5
sos
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:1.7-9.73.el5
0:1.7-9.73.el5
sosreport
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 3.1-1ubuntu2.2, plus listed versions
3.0-13.1-13.1-1ubuntu13.1-1ubuntu23.1-1ubuntu2.1
3.1-1ubuntu2.2
sosreport
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 3.1-1ubuntu2.2, plus listed versions
3.0-13.1-13.1-1ubuntu13.1-1ubuntu23.1-1ubuntu2.1
3.1-1ubuntu2.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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In short

CVE-2014-3925 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Redhat Sos, published June 1, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.15%, the 82nd percentile. Fixed in sos 0:1.7-9.73.el5.

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