http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619084 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619084#c0 Summary: VUL-1: makepasswd: insecure passwords Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.3 Version: Factory Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Security AssignedTo: hvogel@novell.com ReportedBy: lnussel@novell.com QAContact: qa@suse.de CC: security-team@suse.de Found By: Other Blocker: --- Your friendly security team received the following report via oss-security. Please respond ASAP. The issue is public. makepasswd generates insecure passwords: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=564559 http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/TEMP-0564559-005920 CVE-2010-2247 makepasswd is included in the pwgen package. My suggestion would be to simply remove makepasswd in Factory. pwgen is sufficient. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.