Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 19, 2014· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2013-4442
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
9- 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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