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CVE-2017-2625
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-07-27T18:29:00.860 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:16:32.257

Summary

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.

Affected products

x.org — libxdmcp

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