CVE-2013-4442
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.
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-12-19 15:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 16:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-06-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5ce51f587ec03218c6dd459af986e36e30314b438b1153e01e1f2038f679d073
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140606 Re: CVE Request: pwgenhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/1
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/p/pwgen/code/ci/00118ccac4656adb028504639b313d7b09e62b79/
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=672241
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-16406http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146237.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-16368http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146015.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20141015 Re: RESEND: CVE Request: pwgenhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/15
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:008http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:008
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-16473http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146285.html
- advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pwgen Fixed in 2.07-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pwgen Fixed in 2.07-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pwgen Fixed in 2.07-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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