Bad reference counting in the context of accept_ice_connection() in gsm-xsmp-server.c in old versions of gnome-session up until version 2.29.92 allows a local attacker to establish ICE connections to gnome-session with invalid authentication data (an invalid magic cookie). Each failed authentication attempt will leak a file descriptor in gnome-session. When the maximum number of file descriptors is exhausted in the gnome-session process, it will enter an infinite loop trying to communicate without success, consuming 100% of the CPU. The graphical session associated with the gnome-session process will stop working correctly, because communication with gnome-session is no longer possible.
References
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https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-session/commit/b0dc999e0b45355314616321dbb6cb71e729fc9d | Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1025068 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2017-07-11 13:29
Updated : 2019-10-02 17:03
NVD link : CVE-2017-11171
Mitre link : CVE-2017-11171
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CWE
CWE-835
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Products Affected
gnome
- gnome-session