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CVE-2017-2625 Details

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1865 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2625 CVEIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXdmcp/commit/?id=0554324ec6bbc2071f5d1f8ad211a1643e29eb1f CVEThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00024.html CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03 CVEThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-320Key Management Errors[email protected]
CWE-331Insufficient Entropy[email protected]

Affected Products

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Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-2625
NVD Published Date:
Jul 27, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-2625 Details - Not Deferred