Insufficient Entropy Affecting libxkbcommon-devel package, versions <0:0.7.1-1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBXKBCOMMONDEVEL-5203420
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed28 Feb 2017

Introduced: 28 Feb 2017

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 libxkbcommon-devel to version 0:0.7.1-1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:1865.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxkbcommon-devel package and not the libxkbcommon-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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.