Medium severity · published Jul 27, 2018
CVE-2017-2626
It was discovered that libICE before 1.0.9-8 used a weak entropy to generate keys
5.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
It was discovered that libICE before 1.0.9-8 used a weak entropy to generate keys. A local attacker could potentially use this flaw for session hijacking using the information available from the process list.
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 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
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
Libice · Freedesktop
through 1.0.9 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2626
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2626
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/14/3
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-2017-2626
Patch
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libICE/commit/?id=ff5e59f32255913bb1cdf51441b98c9107ae165b