CVE-2013-4442 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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-2013-4314	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.

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.

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

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Subscriptions

Pwgen Project Pwgen

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

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

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

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

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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Weaknesses

CWE-310

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