CVE-2006-5397

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/22749
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20845
• https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8699
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4289
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22642
• http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/lib/libX11.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=686bb8b35acf6cecae80fe89b2b5853f5816ce19
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:199
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29956

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/22749
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20845
• https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8699
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4289
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22642
• http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/lib/libX11.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=686bb8b35acf6cecae80fe89b2b5853f5816ce19
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:199
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29956

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