VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-4442
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.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.17%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.17% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-310
- Affected
- pwgen project/pwgen
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146015.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146237.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146285.html
- http://sourceforge.net/p/pwgen/code/ci/00118ccac4656adb028504639b313d7b09e62b79/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:008
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/15
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=672241
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146015.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146237.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146285.html
- http://sourceforge.net/p/pwgen/code/ci/00118ccac4656adb028504639b313d7b09e62b79/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:008
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/15
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=672241
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.