Severity

low

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

• Canonical Ubuntu 16.04

Description

It was discovered that libXdmcp was generating weak session keys. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a brute force attack and obtain another user's key. Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-5690-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: libxdmcp-dev - 1:1.1.2-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1 libxdmcp6 - 1:1.1.2-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2017-2625

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is low unless otherwise noted.

• Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes
  • All versions prior to 2.0.0
• Operations Manager
  • 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.25
  • 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.16
  • 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.12
  • 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.3

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:

• Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes
  • 2.0.0
• Operations Manager
  • 2.7.25
  • 2.8.16
  • 2.9.12
  • 2.10.3

References

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-2625
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5690-1

History

2022-12-08: Initial vulnerability report published.