First published: Mon Feb 20 2017(Updated: )
It was discovered that libICE before 1.0.9-8 used a weak entropy to generate keys. A local attacker could potentially use this flaw for session hijacking using the information available from the process list.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Freedesktop Libice | <=1.0.9 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =7.0 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.0 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.4 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.4 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.5 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =7.0 |
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libICE/commit/?id=ff5e59f32255913bb1cdf51441b98c9107ae165b
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The severity of CVE-2017-2626 is considered moderate as it allows a local attacker to hijack sessions due to weak key generation.
To fix CVE-2017-2626, you should upgrade libICE to version 1.0.9-8 or later.
CVE-2017-2626 affects libICE versions before 1.0.9-8 as well as specific versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
CVE-2017-2626 can potentially allow local attackers to perform session hijacking.
CVE-2017-2626 is not exploitable remotely, as it requires local access to the system.