Weak Pseudo Number Generation in Password Generator (Pwgen) Increases Guessability

CVE-2013-4442 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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.

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