Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 11, 2001· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2001-1467
CVE-2001-1467
Description
mkpasswd in expect 5.2.8, as used by Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7.0, seeds its random number generator with its process ID, which limits the space of possible seeds and makes it easier for attackers to conduct brute force password attacks.
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