VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-2625

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.53%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-07-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-331: Insufficient Entropy

Primary references