Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 24, 2000· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2000-0445

Description

The pgpk command in PGP 5.x on Unix systems uses an insufficiently random data source for non-interactive key pair generation, which may produce predictable keys.

Affected products

PGP Corporation/Pgp3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:pgp:pgp:5.0i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:pgp:pgp:5.0i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:pgp:pgp:5.0_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:pgp:pgp:6.5_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-09.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0273.htmlnvd
www.osvdb.org/1355nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/1251nvd

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