CVE-2013-4442 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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 0.00654.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Pwgen Project	Pwgen

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-4314	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

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

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:45:14.303Z

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

Link: CVE-2013-4442

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-12-19T15:59:02.190

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

Link: CVE-2013-4442

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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