CVE-2006-5397

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.
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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libx11:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libx11:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2006-11-02 16:07

Updated : 2017-07-19 18:33


NVD link : CVE-2006-5397

Mitre link : CVE-2006-5397


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Products Affected

x.org

  • libx11