CVE-2014-2029

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Published 2017-09-29 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

8.1

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.1

Description

The automatic version check functionality in the tools in Percona Toolkit 2.1 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information or execute arbitrary code by leveraging use of HTTP to download configuration information from v.percona.com.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

88%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker · View original ↗ · DFSG

CVE-2014-2029 NameCVE-2014-2029 DescriptionThe automatic version check functionality in the tools in Percona Toolkit 2.1 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information or execute arbitrary code by leveraging use of HTTP to download configuration information from v.percona.com. SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE…

CVE-2014-2029

Name	CVE-2014-2029
Description	The automatic version check functionality in the tools in Percona Toolkit 2.1 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information or execute arbitrary code by leveraging use of HTTP to download configuration information from v.percona.com.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	740846, 751377

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
percona-toolkit (PTS)	bookworm, bullseye, trixie	3.2.1-1	fixed
	forky, sid	3.7.1-4	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Debian Bugs
percona-toolkit	source	wheezy	(not affected)
percona-toolkit	source	(unstable)	2.2.7-1~dfsg1	740846
percona-xtrabackup	source	(unstable)	2.2.3-1	751377

Notes

[wheezy] - percona-toolkit <not-affected> (version-check introduced in 2.1.4)

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Apply commands

text verify

Notes

[wheezy] - percona-toolkit <not-affected> (version-check introduced in 2.1.4)

OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.2.7-1~dfsg1`
sid	Fixed	`2.2.7-1~dfsg1`
forky	Fixed	`2.2.7-1~dfsg1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.2.7-1~dfsg1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.2.7-1~dfsg1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
percona	toolkit	`2.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.