CVE-2013-4440
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
Password Generator (aka Pwgen) before 2.07 generates weak non-tty passwords, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to guess the password via a brute-force attack.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.07-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.07-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.07-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.07-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.07-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| pwgen_project | pwgen | {"endIncluding":"2.06"} | |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146015.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146237.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146285.html
- http://sourceforge.net/p/pwgen/code/ci/00118ccac4656adb028504639b313d7b09e62b79/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:008
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/15
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4440
CWEs
CWE-255
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.