# CVE-2016-3704: Pulp before 2.8.5 uses bash's $RANDOM in an unsafe way to generate passwords.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-06-13 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://docs.pulpproject.org/user-guide/release-notes/2.8.x.html#pulp-2-8-5
- https://pulp.plan.io/issues/1858
- https://github.com/pulp/pulp/blob/pulp-2.8.2-1/server/bin/pulp-qpid-ssl-cfg#L25
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YM2LCC7QBRCK4LTN5EZT5OHTVAR3MYTY/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1330264
- https://github.com/pulp/pulp/blob/pulp-2.8.2-1/server/bin/pulp-qpid-ssl-cfg#L97-L105

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