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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM USN-5691-1 Moderate: LibXdmcp Security Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey October 19, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu Security Advisory USN-5690-1 highlights a vulnerability in libXdmcp that could potentially leak confidential information. It is advised to apply the necessary updates.
libXdmcp could be made to expose sensitive information.

Summary

libXdmcp could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:

- libxdmcp: X11 authorisation library (development headers)

Details:

It was discovered that libXdmcp was generating weak session keys.

A local attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a brute

force attack and obtain another user's key.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue moderate severity local attack Ubuntu 16.04 sensitive information exposure libXdmcp

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
   libxdmcp6                       1:1.1.2-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
   libxdmcp6                       1:1.1.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

 

  CVE-2017-2625

October 19, 2022

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security advisory security issue moderate severity local attack Ubuntu 16.04 sensitive information exposure libXdmcp

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