CVE-2000-0445 (GCVE-0-2000-0445)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2000-10-13 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 05:21
VLAI
Summary
The pgpk command in PGP 5.x on Unix systems uses an insufficiently random data source for non-interactive key pair generation, which may produce predictable keys.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.osvdb.org/1355 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-09.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1251 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2000-05-24 00:00
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