CVE-2017-11171

gnome-session: Bad reference counting in accept_ice_connection() permits resource exhaustion

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · July 11, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

A denial-of-service flaw was found in the way gnome-session handled ICE connections. A local, authenticated attacker could potentially use this flaw to cause the gnome-session process to exhaust its file descriptors and enter an infinite loop, thereby leading to denial of service.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption