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CVE-2013-4442 (GCVE-0-2013-4442)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-12-19 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:45

Summary

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat CNA under the redhat root

CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1022 records in the last 180 days details

References

9 references

URL	Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/1	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://sourceforge.net/p/pwgen/code/ci/00118ccac4…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug…	x_refsource_MISC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/1…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2012-05-09 00:00

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FKIE_CVE-2013-4442

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-12-19 15:59 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:57

Severity

Summary

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.

References

URL	Tags
secalert@redhat.com	http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.html
secalert@redhat.com	http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146015.html
secalert@redhat.com	http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146237.html
secalert@redhat.com	http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146285.html
secalert@redhat.com	http://sourceforge.net/p/pwgen/code/ci/00118ccac4656adb028504639b313d7b09e62b79/	Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:008
secalert@redhat.com	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/1
secalert@redhat.com	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/15
secalert@redhat.com	https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=672241
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146015.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146237.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146285.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://sourceforge.net/p/pwgen/code/ci/00118ccac4656adb028504639b313d7b09e62b79/	Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:008
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/15
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=672241

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	pwgen_project	pwgen	*

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GHSA-GFX4-CF3G-8Q5M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 04:07 – Updated: 2025-04-12 12:43

Details

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.

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  "modified": "2025-04-12T12:43:13Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T04:07:54Z",
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GSD-2013-4442

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:22

Details

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.

Aliases

CVE-2013-4442

Aliases

CVE-2013-4442

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OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10333-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2024-06-15 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 19:57

Summary

pwgen-2.07-2.7 on GA media

Severity

Moderate

Scope

2 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2013-4442.

CVE-2013-4442

Recommended: 4 products

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