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CVE-2016-3704

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—

Pulp before 2.8.5 uses bash's $RANDOM in an unsafe way to generate passwords.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Fedoraproject — FedoraPulpproject — Pulp

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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