Insufficient Entropy Affecting libinput package, versions <0:1.6.3-2.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-LIBINPUT-2515314
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed27 Jul 2018

Introduced: 27 Jul 2018

CVE-2017-2626  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-331  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 libinput to version 0:1.6.3-2.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-1865.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libinput package and not the libinput package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.