MEDIUM
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
Published Dec 19, 2014
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.17%
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
No data.
- ≤ 2.06
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.17% 0.02166
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 4, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02166
Score over time
2022-2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed. Showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 2.17% (0.02166) | 81.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.17% (0.02166) | 79.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.77% (0.00768) | 71.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.34% (0.00341) | 72.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.34% (0.00335) | 70.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 13, 2024 | 0.34% (0.00335) | 68.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.43% (0.00425) | 70.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146015.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146237.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146285.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://sourceforge.net/p/pwgen/code/ci/00118ccac4656adb028504639b313d7b09e62b79/ x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:008 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/15 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=672241 x_refsource_MISC
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146015.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146237.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146285.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://sourceforge.net/p/pwgen/code/ci/00118ccac4656adb028504639b313d7b09e62b79/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:008 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/15 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=672241 | x_refsource_MISC |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Dec 19, 2014
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jun 12, 2013
Link CVE-2013-4442
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a