Description
Pulp before 2.8.5 uses bash's $RANDOM in an unsafe way to generate passwords.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Permissions Required x_refsource_confirm
https://docs.pulpproject.org/user-guide/release-notes/2.8.x.html#pulp-2-8-5
Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://pulp.plan.io/issues/1858
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/pulp/pulp/blob/pulp-2.8.2-1/server/bin/pulp-qpid-ssl-cfg#L25
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YM2LCC7QBRCK4LTN5EZT5OHTVAR3MYTY/
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1330264
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/pulp/pulp/blob/pulp-2.8.2-1/server/bin/pulp-qpid-ssl-cfg#L97-L105
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0054
EPSS Percentile
67.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-255
Status
published
Products (2)
fedoraproject/fedora
24
pulpproject/pulp
< 2.8.4
Published
Jun 13, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026