Cryptographic Issues Affecting pwgen package, versions <2.07-1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.34% (72nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-PWGEN-369427
- published 19 Dec 2014
- disclosed 19 Dec 2014
Introduced: 19 Dec 2014
CVE-2013-4442 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10 pwgen to version 2.07-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pwgen package and not the pwgen package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
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
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=672241
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4442
- 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://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.html
- http://sourceforge.net/p/pwgen/code/ci/00118ccac4656adb028504639b313d7b09e62b79/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/15
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-4442
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:008
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