CVE-2006-5397
Published: November 3, 2006Last modified: November 10, 2023
Description
The Xinput module (modules/im/ximcp/imLcIm.c) in X.Org libX11 1.0.2 and 1.0.3 opens a file for reading twice using the same file descriptor, which causes a file descriptor leak that allows local users to read files specified by the XCOMPOSEFILE environment variable via the duplicate file descriptor.
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | libx11 | Not affected (1.8.4-r1) |
| Stream | libx11 | Not affected (1.8.6-r0) |
References
- http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/lib/libX11.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=686bb8b35acf6cecae80fe89b2b5853f5816ce19
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22642
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22749
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:199
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20845
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4289
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8699
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29956