CVE-2016-3704

Summary

CVECVE-2016-3704
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-13 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:18:00 UTC
DescriptionPulp before 2.8.5 uses bash's $RANDOM in an unsafe way to generate passwords.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-255

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 24 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 24 All All All
Application Pulpproject Pulp All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: pulp-2.8.6-1.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
pulp/pulp-qpid-ssl-cfg at pulp-2.8.2-1 · pulp/pulp · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2016-3704 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Issue #1858: CVE-2016-3704: Unsafe use of bash $RANDOM for NSS DB password and seed - Pulp CONFIRM pulp.plan.io Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Pulp 2.8 Release Notes — Pulp Project 2.13.1 documentation CONFIRM docs.pulpproject.org Permissions Required
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: pulp-2.8.6-1.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
pulp/pulp-qpid-ssl-cfg at pulp-2.8.2-1 · pulp/pulp · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
1330264 – (CVE-2016-3704) CVE-2016-3704 pulp: Unsafe use of bash $RANDOM for NSS DB password and seed CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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