cvelist/2017/11xxx/CVE-2017-11171.json

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        "ID": "CVE-2017-11171",
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    "description": {
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                "value": "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."
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                "name": "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1025068",
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "url": "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1025068"
            },
            {
                "name": "https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-session/commit/b0dc999e0b45355314616321dbb6cb71e729fc9d",
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                "url": "https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-session/commit/b0dc999e0b45355314616321dbb6cb71e729fc9d"
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