CVE-2013-4440

Password Generator (aka Pwgen) before 2.07 generates weak non-tty passwords, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to guess the password via a brute-force attack.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2014-12-19

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-255

Affected products

• Pwgen (Pwgen Project)

References

• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.html
• 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://sourceforge.net/p/pwgen/code/ci/00118ccac4656adb028504639b313d7b09e62b79/
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:008
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/15