CVE-2017-2625Insufficient Entropy in Libxdmcp

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
CNA6.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 77.04%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJul 27
Latest updateOct 19

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:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

Also affects: Enterprise Linux 7.0, 7.4, 7.5

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-cvmx-9h9q-8hmw: It was discovered that libXdmcp before 12022-05-13
OSV
CVE-2017-2625: It was discovered that libXdmcp before 12018-07-27
CVEList
CVE-2017-2625: It was discovered that libXdmcp before 12018-07-27

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
libXdmcp vulnerability2022-10-19
Red Hat
libXdmcp: weak entropy usage for session keys2017-02-28
Debian
CVE-2017-2625: libxdmcp - It was discovered that libXdmcp before 1.1.2 including used weak entropy to gene...2017

💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-18869 nodejs-chownr: TOCTOU vulnerability in `chownr` function in chownr.js2018-08-02
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-2625 libXdmcp: weak entropy usage for session keys [fedora-all]2017-03-01
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-2625 libXdmcp: weak entropy usage for session keys2017-02-20
Bugzilla
CVE-2009-2625 OpenJDK: XML parsing Denial-Of-Service (6845701) [epel-5]2011-11-04
CVE-2017-2625 — Insufficient Entropy in X.org Libxdmcp | cvebase