vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-2625: Insufficient Entropy
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Jul 27, 2018 | Aug 22, 2024 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jul 27, 2018
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
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.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-libxdmcp
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