Vulnerability in Freedesktop Libice
CVE-2017-2626
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (37.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 37.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Freedesktop Libice
- Xorg Libice — versions 1.0.9-8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus — versions 7.4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus — versions 7.4, 7.5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libICE/commit/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1865 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037919 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96480 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-001-xorg/ (Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/14/3 (mailing-list)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00022.html (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-2626?
- CVE-2017-2626 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Libice, classified under Insufficient Entropy. CVSS score: 5.2/10. Published 2018-07-27.
- How severe is CVE-2017-2626?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.2 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-2626 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.