CVE-2017-2626

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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.

5.5 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

2.1 /10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References
Link Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/14/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96480 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037919 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1865 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2626 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libICE/commit/?id=ff5e59f32255913bb1cdf51441b98c9107ae165b Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00022.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03 Third Party Advisory
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-001-xorg/ Mitigation Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:libice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR 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_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

12 Feb 2023, 23:29

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary It was discovered that libICE 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. 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
  • {'url': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1424992', 'name': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1424992', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2626', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2626', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}

02 Feb 2023, 15:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary 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. It was discovered that libICE 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
  • (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1424992 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2626 -
Information

Published : 2018-07-27 19:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:44

NVD link : CVE-2017-2626

Mitre link : CVE-2017-2626

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-2626

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Products Affected

redhat

  • enterprise_linux_desktop
  • enterprise_linux_server_eus
  • enterprise_linux_server_aus
  • enterprise_linux_server
  • enterprise_linux_workstation

freedesktop

  • libice
CWE
CWE-331

Insufficient Entropy