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

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

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

Updated: 2024-08-05T14:02:06.921Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-2625

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:23:51.520

Link: CVE-2017-2625

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-2625 - Bugzilla