CVE-2011-4931 Weak cryptography in gpw

What is CVE-2011-4931?

CVE-2011-4931 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 29 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

gpw generates shorter passwords than required

Weakness: CWE-521

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-4931?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Gpw Project Gpw.

How do I fix CVE-2011-4931?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-4931 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2011-4931 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4931 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4931, GHSA-qqr4-pwcx-q2xc, UBUNTU-CVE-2011-4931.