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XFree Weak Session Cookies
Secunia Advisory: SA9757
Release Date: 2003-09-17
Popularity: 7,870 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: System access
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:XFree86 4.3.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been identified XFree possibly allowing malicious people to brute force session cookies.

The algorithm which generates the 128 bit session cookies is weak, potentially allowing malicious people to brute force the session cookie. This could potentially be exploited by malicious people on the local network to gain system access.

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