Insufficient Entropy Affecting libice package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (6th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-LIBICE-265755
- published 27 Jun 2018
- disclosed 27 Jul 2018
Introduced: 27 Jun 2018
CVE-2017-2626 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:14.04
libice
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libice
package and not the libice
package as distributed by Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:14.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
It was discovered that libICE before 1.0.9-8 used a weak entropy to generate keys. A local attacker could potentially use this flaw for session hijacking using the information available from the process list.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-2626
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-2626
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libICE/commit/?id=ff5e59f32255913bb1cdf51441b98c9107ae165b
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2626
- 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/msg00022.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/14/3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2626
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1865
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96480
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037919
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2626
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1424992