CVE-ID

CVE-2017-2625

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Description
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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Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20161201 Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20161201)
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Comments (Legacy)
Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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