medium5.2
CVE-2017-2626
It was discovered that libICE before 1.0.9-8 used a weak entropy to generate keys.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Freedesktop | Libice | through 1.0.9 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | Version 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | Version 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | Version 7.4 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Eus | Versions 7.4, 7.5 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | Version 7.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/14/3
- 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-2017-2626
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libICE/commit/?id=ff5e59f32255913bb1cdf51441b98c9107ae165b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00022.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-001-xorg/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/14/3
- 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-2017-2626
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libICE/commit/?id=ff5e59f32255913bb1cdf51441b98c9107ae165b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00022.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-001-xorg/