CVE-2017-2625

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2625
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-2625.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-2625
Downstream
Related
Published
2018-07-27T18:29:00.860Z
Modified
2026-07-08T05:49:23.972743716Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "7.4"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.4"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        },
        {
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "7.4"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.4"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.5"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.5"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxdmcp

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxdmcp
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
Introduced
Last affected
Database specific
{
    "cpe": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxdmcp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "1.1.2"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "7.0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.0"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "CPE_STRING"
    ]
}

Affected versions

7.*
7.0
Other
XORG-6_99_99_904
XORG-7_0
XORG-7_0_99_901
XORG-7_1
libXdmcp-1_0_1
libXdmcp-1.*
libXdmcp-1.0.2
libXdmcp-1.0.3
libXdmcp-1.1.0
libXdmcp-1.1.1

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-2625.json"