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openSUSE Security Update : libXdmcp (openSUSE-2017-789)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 101286

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libXdmcp fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2017-2625: The generation of session key in XDM using libXdmcp might have used weak entropy, making the session keys predictable (boo#1025046)

Solution

Update the affected libXdmcp packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1025046

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 101286

File Name: openSUSE-2017-789.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/7/2017

Updated: 12/12/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxdmcp6-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxdmcp6, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxdmcp6-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxdmcp-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxdmcp-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxdmcp-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxdmcp6-debuginfo-32bit

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/6/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-2625