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Alpine: multiple libxdmcp packages: security update to 1.1.2-r3

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424091

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - It was discovered that libXdmcp before 1.1.2 including used weak entropy to generate session keys. On a
 multi-user system using xdmcp, a local attacker could potentially use information available from the
 process list to brute force the key, allowing them to hijack other users' sessions. (CVE-2017-2625)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-2625

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 424091

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 95.09

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-2625

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-2625

BID: 96480