CVE-2017-2625 — Insufficient Entropy in Libxdmcp
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
CNA6.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 77.04%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
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📋Vendor Advisories
3💬Community
4Bugzilla
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