CVE-2001-1467 (GCVE-0-2001-1467)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-04-21 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 04:58
VLAI?
Summary
mkpasswd in expect 5.2.8, as used by Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7.0, seeds its random number generator with its process ID, which limits the space of possible seeds and makes it easier for attackers to conduct brute force password attacks.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/527736 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://securitytracker.com/id?1001303 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2632 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
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