SB2018072716 - Insufficient Entropy in xorg.freedesktop xcmsdb
Published: July 27, 2018 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018072716
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Insufficient Entropy (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2626)
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
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/