Upstream information

CVE-2013-4442 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector 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
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 846397 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • pwgen >= 2.07-2.7
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10333

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Oct 17 13:16:31 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:19:30 2025