It was found that xorg-x11-server before 1.19.0 including uses memcmp() to check the received MIT cookie against a series of valid cookies. If the cookie is correct, it is allowed to attach to the Xorg session. Since most memcmp() implementations return after an invalid byte is seen, this causes a time difference between a valid and invalid byte, which could allow an efficient brute force attack.
References
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96480 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037919 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2624 | Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/d7ac755f0b618eb1259d93c8a16ec6e39a18627c | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00032.html | Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03 | Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-30 | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-001-xorg/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
History
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Information
Published : 2018-07-27 18:29
Updated : 2024-02-28 16:48
NVD link : CVE-2017-2624
Mitre link : CVE-2017-2624
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-2624
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Products Affected
x.org
- xorg-server
debian
- debian_linux