PT-2014-2795 · Pwgen+1 · Password Generator+1

Jean-Michel Vourgère · Published 2014-12-19 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2013-4442

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Password Generator (aka Pwgen) versions prior to 2.07

Description The issue arises when /dev/urandom is unavailable, causing the software to use weak pseudo-generated numbers. This weakness makes it easier for attackers to guess the numbers, particularly in context-dependent attacks.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.07, update to version 2.07 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2019-2538

ALT-PU-2019-2552

CVE-2013-4442

MGASA-2014-0535

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10333-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Password Generator

References · 26

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4441 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4442 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4440 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2019-2552 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2014-0535 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2019-2538 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146285.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.html · Security Note
• http://sourceforge.net/p/pwgen/code/ci/00118ccac4656adb028504639b313d7b09e62b79 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4442 · Security Note
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146237.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10333-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146237.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4442 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4442 · Vendor Advisory