Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2014.0535
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2014-0535)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'pwgen' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2014-0535 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'pwgen' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2014-0535 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Updated pwgen package fixes security vulnerabilities: Pwgen was found to generate weak non-tty passwords by default, which could be brute-forced with a commendable success rate, which could raise security concerns (CVE-2013-4440). Pwgen was found to silently falling back to use standard pseudo generated numbers on the systems that heavily use entropy. Systems, such as those with a lot of daemons providing encryption services, the entropy was found to be exhausted, which forces pwgen to fall back to use standard pseudo generated numbers (CVE-2013-4442). Affected Software/OS: 'pwgen' package(s) on Mageia 4. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-4440 FEDORA-2014-16368 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146015.html FEDORA-2014-16406 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146237.html FEDORA-2014-16473 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146285.html MDVSA-2015:008 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:008 [oss-security] 20140606 Re: CVE Request: pwgen http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/1 [oss-security] 20141015 Re: RESEND: CVE Request: pwgen http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/15 http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.html http://sourceforge.net/p/pwgen/code/ci/00118ccac4656adb028504639b313d7b09e62b79/ Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-4442 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=672241
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