CVE-2013-4442 Weak cryptography in n/a
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-4442 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2013-4442 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Dec 2014.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4442 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4442/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4442/index.md)
Attackers can predict generated passwords if /dev/urandom is unavailable, compromising security for users of the Pwgen utility.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Not stated
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-4442?
CVE-2013-4442 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Dec 2014.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-310
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4442?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pwgen Project Pwgen.
How do I fix CVE-2013-4442?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2013-4442 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4442 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4442, GHSA-gfx4-cf3g-8q5m.