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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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
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2018-07-27T18:29:00.860
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:23:51.520
Link: CVE-2017-2625
Redhat