CVE-2017-2625 | 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.
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.
- 🔗 security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
- 🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- 🔗 access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1865
- 🔗 www.securitytracker.com/id/1037919
- 🔗 cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXdmcp/commit/
- 🔗 www.securityfocus.com/bid/96480
- 🔗 www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-001-xorg/
- 🔗 lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00024.html
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CVE-2017-2625 | 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.
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