ubuntu-cve-2017-2626
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-07-27 19:29
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
5.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libice6",
            "binary_version": "2:1.0.9-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "libice",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libice@2:1.0.9-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-infra/xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
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            {
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            },
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2:1.0.9-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libice6",
            "binary_version": "2:1.0.9-2ubuntu0.18.04.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "libice",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libice@2:1.0.9-2ubuntu0.18.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2:1.0.9-2ubuntu0.18.04.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2:1.0.9-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2626",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:08Z",
  "published": "2018-07-27T19:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2626"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-001-xorg/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/01/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libICE/commit/?id=ff5e59f32255913bb1cdf51441b98c9107ae165b"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5744-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2626"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-5744-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-2626"
  ]
}



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