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Fedora 25: Essential Security Patch for libICE CVE-2017-2626 - Entropy Flaw

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Calendar Grey March 3, 2017
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Urgent patch released for libICE on Fedora 25 resolves low entropy issues in session key generation. Users are recommended to upgrade.
Security fix for CVE-2017-2626

Summary

The X.Org X11 ICE (Inter-Client Exchange) runtime library.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2017-2626

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora session key entropy libICE

Change Log

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[ 1 ] Bug #1427715 - CVE-2017-2626 libICE: weak entropy usage in session keys [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1427715

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade libICE' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: libICE
Product: Fedora 25
Version: 1.0.9
Release: 8.fc25
URL: https://www.x.org/wiki/
Summary: X.Org X11 ICE runtime library

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora session key entropy libICE

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