Vulnerability CVE-2013-4440
Published: 2014-12-19

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Pwgen project -> Pwgen 

 References:
http://sourceforge.net/p/pwgen/code/ci/00118ccac4656adb028504639b313d7b09e62b79/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/15
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:008
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146285.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146237.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146015.html
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.html
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