Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 19, 2014· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2013-4442

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.

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Affected products

Pwgen Project/Pwgen
cpe:2.3:a:pwgen_project:pwgen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=2.06
Pwgen Project/Password Generatorllm-create
Range: <2.07
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/pwgen&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 2.07-2.7

Patches

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References

sourceforge.net/p/pwgen/code/ci/00118ccac4656adb028504639b313d7b09e62b79/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.htmlnvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146015.htmlnvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146237.htmlnvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146285.htmlnvd
www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/1nvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/15nvd
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd

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