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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Published : 2018-07-27 18:29
Updated : 2024-11-21 03:23
NVD link : CVE-2017-2625
Mitre link : CVE-2017-2625
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-2625
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Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_linux_workstation
- enterprise_linux_server_aus
- enterprise_linux_desktop
- enterprise_linux
- enterprise_linux_server
- enterprise_linux_server_eus
x.org
- libxdmcp