sos: does not indicate data sent is potentially sensitive on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Published Jun 1, 2014
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.15%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 14.04
- 15.04
- 15.10
Configuration 2
Running on/with
- 5
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
sos-0:1.7-9.73.el5
Fixed · RHBA-2014:1200
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
sos
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | sos-0:1.7-9.73.el5 | Fixed | RHBA-2014:1200 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | sos | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of sosreport as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.15% (0.02152) | 81.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.15% (0.02152) | 79.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.34% (0.00343) | 54.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00358) | 73.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00358) | 71.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.36% (0.00358) | 67.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 70.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/29/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/30/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3925 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102633 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1103324 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3925
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3925
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/29/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/30/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3925 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102633 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1103324 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3925 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3925 |
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