CVE-2013-4442 (GCVE-0-2013-4442)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-12-19 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:45
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
9 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://sourceforge.net/p/pwgen/code/ci/00118ccac4… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/1… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2012-05-09 00:00
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