CVE-2016-3704

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3704 describes a vulnerability in Pulp versions prior to 2.8.5, where the software insecurely generates passwords using bash's $RANDOM, affecting fedoraproject and pulpproject distributions. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to high integrity impact, though confidentiality and availability are not directly affected. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		24CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:::::::*
		<= 2.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:pulpproject:pulp::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

1.98%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

78.5%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-24

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0198 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 51,455 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (68)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: candlepin-0:2.1.14-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: foreman-0:1.15.6.34-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: foreman-bootloaders-redhat-0:201801241201-2.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: foreman-discovery-image-0:3.4.4-1

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: foreman-installer-1:1.15.6.8-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: foreman-proxy-0:1.15.6.4-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: foreman-selinux-0:1.15.6.2-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: hiera-0:1.3.1-2.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: katello-0:3.4.5-15.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: katello-certs-tools-0:2.4.0-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: katello-client-bootstrap-0:1.5.1-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: katello-installer-base-0:3.4.5.26-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: katello-selinux-0:3.0.2-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: kobo-0:0.5.1-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: pulp-0:2.13.4.6-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: pulp-docker-0:2.4.1-2.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: pulp-katello-0:1.0.2-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: pulp-ostree-0:1.2.1.1-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: pulp-puppet-0:2.13.4-3.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: pulp-rpm-0:2.13.4.8-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: puppet-foreman_scap_client-0:0.3.16-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: python-zope-interface-0:4.0.5-4.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: redhat-access-insights-puppet-0:0.0.9-2.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rubygem-foreman_scap_client-0:0.3.0-2.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rubygem-kafo-0:2.0.2-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rubygem-kafo_parsers-0:0.1.6-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rubygem-kafo_wizards-0:0.0.1-2.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rubygem-smart_proxy_dhcp_remote_isc-0:0.0.2.1-1.fm1_15.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rubygem-smart_proxy_discovery-0:1.0.4-3.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rubygem-smart_proxy_discovery_image-0:1.0.9-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rubygem-smart_proxy_dynflow-0:0.1.10-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rubygem-smart_proxy_openscap-0:0.6.9-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rubygem-smart_proxy_pulp-0:1.3.0-1.git.0.b5c2768.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rubygem-smart_proxy_remote_execution_ssh-0:0.1.6-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rubygem-tilt-0:1.3.7-2.git.0.3b416c9.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: satellite-0:6.3.0-23.0.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: satellite-installer-0:6.3.0.12-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-bastion-0:5.1.1.4-1.fm1_15.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-foreman_bootdisk-0:10.0.2.2-1.fm1_15.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-foreman_discovery-0:9.1.5.3-1.fm1_15.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-foreman_docker-0:3.1.0.3-1.fm1_15.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-foreman_hooks-0:0.3.14-1.fm1_15.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-foreman_openscap-0:0.7.11-1.fm1_15.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-foreman-redhat_access-0:2.0.13-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-foreman_remote_execution-0:1.3.7.2-1.fm1_15.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-foreman_remote_execution_core-0:1.0.6-1.fm1_15.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-foreman-tasks-0:0.9.6.4-1.fm1_15.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-foreman-tasks-core-0:0.1.8-1.fm1_15.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-foreman_templates-0:5.0.1-1.fm1_15.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-foreman_theme_satellite-0:1.0.4.16-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-foreman_virt_who_configure-0:0.1.9-1.fm1_15.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-hammer_cli-0:0.11.0.1-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-hammer_cli_csv-0:2.3.0-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman-0:0.11.0.5-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_admin-0:0.0.8-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_bootdisk-0:0.1.3.3-2.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_discovery-0:1.0.0-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_docker-0:0.0.6-2.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_openscap-0:0.1.5-1.fm1_15.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_remote_execution-0:0.0.6-1.fm1_15.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_tasks-0:0.0.12-1.fm1_15.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_virt_who_configure-0:0.0.3-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-hammer_cli_katello-0:0.11.3.5-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-katello-0:3.4.5.58-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-ovirt_provision_plugin-0:1.0.2-1.fm1_15.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-smart_proxy_dynflow_core-0:0.1.10-1.fm1_15.el7sat

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-3704Moderate

pulp: Unsafe use of bash $RANDOM for NSS DB password and seed

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0336

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi

Issue TrackingPatch

docs.pulpproject.org / user-guide/release-notes/2.8.x.html

Permissions Required

github.com / pulp/pulp/blob/pulp-2.8.2-1/server/bin/pulp-qpid-ssl-cfg

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

github.com / pulp/pulp/blob/pulp-2.8.2-1/server/bin/pulp-qpid-ssl-cfg

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YM2LCC7QBRCK4LTN5EZT5OHTVAR3MYTY

pulp.plan.io / issues/1858

Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory