Pulp before 2.8.5 uses bash's $RANDOM in an unsafe way to generate passwords.
CVE-2016-3704
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 78.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 13, 2017
Last Modified
May 13, 2026
References (14)
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1330264
- secalert@redhathttps://docs.pulpproject.org/user-guide/release-notes/2.8.x.html#pulp-2-8-5
- secalert@redhathttps://github.com/pulp/pulp/blob/pulp-2.8.2-1/server/bin/pulp-qpid-ssl-cfg#L25
- secalert@redhathttps://github.com/pulp/pulp/blob/pulp-2.8.2-1/server/bin/pulp-qpid-ssl-cfg#L97-L105
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YM2LCC7QBRCK4LTN5EZT5OHTVAR3MYTY/
- secalert@redhathttps://pulp.plan.io/issues/1858
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1330264
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.pulpproject.org/user-guide/release-notes/2.8.x.html#pulp-2-8-5
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/pulp/pulp/blob/pulp-2.8.2-1/server/bin/pulp-qpid-ssl-cfg#L25
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/pulp/pulp/blob/pulp-2.8.2-1/server/bin/pulp-qpid-ssl-cfg#L97-L105
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YM2LCC7QBRCK4LTN5EZT5OHTVAR3MYTY/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://pulp.plan.io/issues/1858
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2016-3704(1)
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Patch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | tfm-rubygem-smart_proxy_dynflow_core-0:0.1.10-1.fm1_15.el7sat | 2018-02-21 | redhat |
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