CVE-2001-1467 Information

Description

mkpasswd in expect 5.2.8 as used by Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7.0 seeds its random number generator with its process ID which limits the space of possible seeds and makes it easier for attackers to conduct brute force password attacks.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0173.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0192.html http://securitytracker.com/id?1001303 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/527736 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2632 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6382