CVE-2013-4442 | BDVDB-2026-66864 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/1
- http://sourceforge.net/p/pwgen/code/ci/00118ccac4656adb028504639b313d7b09e62b79/
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=672241
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146237.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146015.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/15
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:008
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146285.html
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.