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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2018-07-27T18:00:00

Updated: 2019-11-25T23:07:07

Reserved: 2016-12-01T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2017-2625

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-07-27T18:29:00.860

Modified: 2023-02-12T23:29:15.727


Link: CVE-2017-2625

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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