Medium severity · published Jul 27, 2018
CVE-2017-2625
It was discovered that libXdmcp before 1.1.2 including used weak entropy to generate session keys
5.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
7.4 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
7.4; 7.5 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
LI
Libxdmcp · X.org
before 1.1.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2625
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2625
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96480
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037919
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1865
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2625
Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXdmcp/commit/?id=0554324ec6bbc2071f5d1f8ad211a1643e29eb1f
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00024.html
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