Key Management Errors Affecting libxdmcp package, versions <1:1.1.1-1+deb8u1
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- published 27 Jun 2018
- disclosed 27 Jul 2018
How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8
libxdmcp
to version 1:1.1.1-1+deb8u1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxdmcp
package and not the libxdmcp
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2625
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXdmcp/commit/?id=0554324ec6bbc2071f5d1f8ad211a1643e29eb1f
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-2625
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-001-xorg/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00024.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2625
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1865
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96480
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037919
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-2625
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2625
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1424987