Weak Entropy in libXdmcp Allows Session Hijacking

CVE-2017-2625 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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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