Description
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.
Published: 2017-07-11
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-2806 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.
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00044}

epss

{'score': 0.00156}


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Gnome Gnome-session
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:34:04.882Z

Reserved: 2017-07-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-11171

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-11T20:29:00.267

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-11171

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-11171 - Bugzilla

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