UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2626

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2626

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2626.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2626

Upstream

CVE-2017-2626

Downstream

USN-5744-1

Related

USN-5744-1

Published

2018-07-27T19:29:00Z

Modified

2025-09-08T16:44:03Z

Severity

5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
5.2 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - low

Summary

[none]

Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libice

Package

Name: libice
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libice@2:1.0.9-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2:1.0.9-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1

Affected versions

2:1.*

2:1.0.9-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.0.9-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libice-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.0.9-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libice6"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2626.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libice