CVE-2013-4440 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Password Generator (aka Pwgen) before 2.07 generates weak non-tty passwords, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to guess the password via a brute-force attack.

Published: 2014-12-19

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pwgen_project:pwgen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-4312	Password Generator (aka Pwgen) before 2.07 generates weak non-tty passwords, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to guess the password via a brute-force attack.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00491.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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/
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

History

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Subscriptions

Pwgen Project Pwgen

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2014-12-19T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:45:14.577Z

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-4440

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-12-19T15:59:00.050

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2013-4440

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-255

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