CVE-2013-4442

Published: Dec 19, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

Password Generator (aka Pwgen) before 2.07 uses weak pseudo generated numbers when /dev/urandom is unavailable, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to guess the numbers.

Affected (1)

Products: Pwgen Project: Pwgen

Pwgen Project

1 product

Pwgen

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Pwgen Project Pwgen	Up to 2.06

Related CWEs

CWE-310

References (18)

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146015.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146237.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146285.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://sourceforge.net/p/pwgen/code/ci/00118ccac4656adb028504639b313d7b09e62b79/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:008

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/15

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=672241

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.html