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.
EPSS: 0.005 (37.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Freedesktop Libice
- Xorg Libice — versions 1.0.9-8
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop — versions 7.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server — versions 7.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_aus — versions 7.4
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_eus — versions 7.4, 7.5
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_workstation — versions 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
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.