CVE-2013-4442

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4442
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-19 15:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionPassword 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pwgen Project Pwgen All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: RESEND: CVE Request: pwgen af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: pwgen-2.07-1.fc19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: pwgen af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: pwgen-2.07-1.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0535 - Updated pwgen package fixes security vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:008 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: pwgen-2.07-1.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
#672241 - pwgen: Force usage of /dev/random on low entropy system - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
Password Generator / Code / Commit [00118c] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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