CVE-2014-2029

high

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

CVSS v3

8.1

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

CVSS v2

6.8

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

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2029

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864194

OS impact

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

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
percona	toolkit	`2.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

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