CVE-2013-4442
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4442
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2013-4442.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2013-4442
- Related
- Published
- 2014-12-19T15:59:02Z
- Modified
- 2025-04-12T10:46:40Z
- Downstream
- Summary
- [none]
- 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.
- References
-
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.html
- http://sourceforge.net/p/pwgen/code/ci/00118ccac4656adb028504639b313d7b09e62b79/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:008
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146015.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146237.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146285.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/15
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=672241
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4442
Affected packages
Debian:11 / pwgen
Package
- Name
- pwgen
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pwgen?arch=source
Debian:12 / pwgen
Package
- Name
- pwgen
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pwgen?arch=source
Debian:13 / pwgen
Package
- Name
- pwgen
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pwgen?arch=source