CVE-2017-2626
Published: August 31, 2023Last modified: August 31, 2023
Description
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.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.5 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | LOW |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | NONE |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | libice | Not affected (1.0.10-r1) |
| Stream | libice | Not affected (1.1.1-r5) |
References
- 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/