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Fedora 26: libICE Update Moderate: Session Key Weakness Fix

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An important patch for Fedora 26 has been released to resolve the inadequate entropy in libICE session keys and other associated security issues.
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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security advisory fedora software patch session key libICE

Change Log

References


[ 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 26
Version: 1.0.9
Release: 8.fc26
URL: https://www.x.org/wiki/
Summary: X.Org X11 ICE runtime library

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