MGASA-2014-0535

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2014-0535
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Published
2014-12-19T15:06:35Z
Modified
2014-12-19T14:58:14Z
Summary
Updated pwgen package fixes security vulnerabilities
Details

Updated pwgen package fixes security vulnerabilities:

Pwgen was found to generate weak non-tty passwords by default, which could be brute-forced with a commendable success rate, which could raise security concerns (CVE-2013-4440).

Pwgen was found to silently falling back to use standard pseudo generated numbers on the systems that heavily use entropy. Systems, such as those with a lot of daemons providing encryption services, the entropy was found to be exhausted, which forces pwgen to fall back to use standard pseudo generated numbers (CVE-2013-4442).

References
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:4 / pwgen

Package

Name
pwgen
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/pwgen?distro=mageia-4

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.07-1.mga4

Ecosystem specific 

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    "section": "core"
}