Key management errors in xcmsdb - CVE-2017-2625
Published: July 27, 2018 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32096
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2625
CWE-ID: CWE-320
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: xorg.freedesktop.org
Affected software:
xcmsdb
xcmsdb
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-2625
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96480
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037919
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1865
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2625
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXdmcp/commit/?id=0554324ec6bbc2071f5d1f8ad211a1643e29eb1f
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00024.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-001-xorg/