CVE-2014-3925
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.
Exploit likelihood
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 Medium
AV: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
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
sosRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client |
before 0:1.7-9.73.el5 | 0:1.7-9.73.el5 |
sosRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server |
before 0:1.7-9.73.el5 | 0:1.7-9.73.el5 |
sosreportUbuntu: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 |
sosreportUbuntu: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
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
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.
References
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/29/6
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102633
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/30/3
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3925
github.com/advisories/GHSA-37q9-ff6c-vjm6
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access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2014:1200
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=773350
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=782588
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783423
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=833406
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916937
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1099151
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1099520
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1107751
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2014/rhba-2014_1200.json
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3925
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1103324
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3925
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3925
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2845-1
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7529