Password Generator (aka Pwgen) before 2.07 generates weak non-tty passwords, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-255 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-255 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• [oss-security] 20140606 Re: CVE Request: pwgen (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://sourceforge.net/p/pwgen/code/ci/00118ccac4656adb028504639b313d7b09e62b79/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2014-16406 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2014-16368 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20141015 Re: RESEND: CVE Request: pwgen (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• MDVSA-2015:008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2014-16473 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 16:45 UTC.