Bad reference counting in the context of accept_ice_connection() in gsm-xsmp-server.c in old versions of gnome-session up until version 2.29.92 allows a local attacker to establish ICE connections to gnome-session with invalid authentication data (an invalid magic cookie). Each failed authentication attempt will leak a file descriptor in gnome-session. When the maximum number of file descriptors is exhausted in the gnome-session process, it will enter an infinite loop trying to communicate without success, consuming 100% of the CPU. The graphical session associated with the gnome-session process will stop working correctly, because communication with gnome-session is no longer possible.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-07-11T20:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:34:04.882Z

Reserved: 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2017-11171

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-07-11T20:29:00.267

Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223

Link: CVE-2017-11171

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-11171 - Bugzilla