CVE-2017-2625
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Jul 27, 2018
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 1, 2016
Description
It was discovered that libXdmcp before 1.1.2 including used weak entropy to generate session keys. On a multi-user system using xdmcp, a local attacker could potentially use information available from the process list to brute force the key, allowing them to hijack other users' sessions.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N | redhat |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
libXdmcpXorg |
|
References
- GLSA-201704-03vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2625
- RHSA-2017:1865vendor-advisory
- 1037919vdb-entry
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXdmcp/commit/?id=0554324ec6bbc2071f5d1f8ad211a1643e29eb1f
- 96480vdb-entry
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-001-xorg/
- [debian-lts-announce] 20191125 [SECURITY] [DLA 2006-1] libxdmcp security updatemailing-list
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