| Name | CVE-2017-2624 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1186-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 856398 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| xorg-server (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2:1.16.4-1+deb8u17 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2:1.19.2-1+deb9u9 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2:1.19.2-1+deb9u20 | fixed | |
| buster, buster (lts) | 2:1.20.4-1+deb10u15 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 2:1.20.4-1+deb10u14 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u13 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u14 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u8 | fixed | |
| trixie | 2:21.1.14-2 | fixed | |
| sid | 2:21.1.15-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xorg-server | source | wheezy | 2:1.12.4-6+deb7u8 | DLA-1186-1 | ||
| xorg-server | source | jessie | 2:1.16.4-1+deb8u2 | |||
| xorg-server | source | (unstable) | 2:1.19.2-1 | low | 856398 |
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-001-xorg/