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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in X.org 1.19.0. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Entropy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 02/28/2017. The weakness was released 02/28/2017 by Eric Sesterhenn with X41 D-Sec GmbH as Advisory X41-2017-001: Multiple Vulnerabilities in X.org as confirmed mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is available at seclists.org. void GenerateRandomData(int len, char *buf) { int fd; fd = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY); read(fd, buf, len); close(fd); } This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-2624 since 12/01/2016. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 101949 (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.04 : xorg-server, xorg-server-hwe-16.04, xorg-server-lts-xenial vulnerabilities (USN-3362-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196856 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Xorg-server, Xorg-server-hwe-16.04, Xorg-server-lts-xenial Vulnerabilities (USN-3362-1)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 6 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (101949). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 97342, 97343, 97344 and 97345.
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 101949
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.04 : xorg-server, xorg-server-hwe-16.04, xorg-server-lts-xenial vulnerabilities (USN-3362-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 841810
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for xorg-server USN-3362-1
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Timeline
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Sources
Advisory: Advisory X41-2017-001: Multiple Vulnerabilities in X.orgResearcher: Eric Sesterhenn
Organization: X41 D-Sec GmbH
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2624 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1037919
SecurityFocus: 96480 - X.org X Server Local Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-2624 - xorg-x11-server - Brute Force Issue
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Entry
Created: 02/28/2017 20:24Updated: 08/18/2020 07:01
Changes: 02/28/2017 20:24 (71), 08/18/2020 07:01 (17)
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