Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 27, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-2625
CVE-2017-2625
Description
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.
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Affected products
14- osv-coords13 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/libXdmcp&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/libXdmcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libXdmcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libXdmcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libXdmcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libXdmcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libXdmcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libXdmcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libXdmcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libXdmcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-libXdmcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-libXdmcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-libXdmcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4
< 1.1.3-1.11+ 12 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.3-1.11
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.1-10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.1-12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.1-10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.1-12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.1-10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.1-10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.1-12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.1-10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.1-12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-001-xorg/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96480nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037919nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1865nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXdmcp/commit/nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00024.htmlnvd
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