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Util-Linux mcookie Cookie Generation Weakness

A weakness has been reported for the mcookie utility where cookies may be generated in a predictable manner. The weakness occurs because mcookie uses /dev/urandom to generate cookies.

This may be exploited by an attacker to guess cookie values to steal credentials of users who use X authentication.







 

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