CVE-2006-5397
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 3, 2006
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 18, 2006
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 22749third-party-advisory
- 20845vdb-entry
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8699
- ADV-2006-4289vdb-entry
- 22642third-party-advisory
- http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/lib/libX11.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=686bb8b35acf6cecae80fe89b2b5853f5816ce19
- MDKSA-2006:199vendor-advisory
- libx11-xinput-information-disclosure(29956)vdb-entry
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