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mageiaGentoo FoundationMGASA-2020-0038
HistoryJan 13, 2020 - 7:51 p.m.

Updated makepasswd fix insecure default length of password

2020-01-1319:51:20
Gentoo Foundation
advisories.mageia.org
10

CVSS2

5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

67.8%

Updated makepasswd fix insecure default length of password By default, makepasswd generates password with a length between 6 to 8 characters (48 to 64bits). This update raise the default to 16 characters (128 bits). The length can be changed at runtime with the -l option.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Mageia7noarchmakepasswd< 0.5.4-2.1makepasswd-0.5.4-2.1.mga7

CVSS2

5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

67.8%