CVE-2017-2626

Summary

CVECVE-2017-2626
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-27 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:29:00 UTC
DescriptionIt 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-331

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Freedesktop Libice All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1424992 – CVE-2017-2626 libICE: weak entropy usage in session keys MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
1424992 – (CVE-2017-2626) CVE-2017-2626 libICE: weak entropy usage in session keys CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2002-1] libice security update MLIST lists.debian.org
X.org X Server Local Multiple Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
X Multiple Flaws Let Local Users Conduct Timing and Key Guessing Attacks Obtain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
xorg/lib/libICE - Inter-Client Exchange library (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libice) CONFIRM cgit.freedesktop.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Advisory X41-2017-001: Multiple Vulnerabilities in X.org - X41 D-SEC GmbH MISC www.x41-dsec.de Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2017-2626 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
X.Org: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201704-03) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Fwd: [ANNOUNCE] libICE 1.0.10 MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199048 Ubuntu Security Notification for libICE Vulnerability (USN-5744-1)
  • 500297 Alpine Linux Security Update for libice
  • 504062 Alpine Linux Security Update for libice
  • 710339 Gentoo Linux X.Org Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201704-03)
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