CVE-2006-5397
N/A
Published: November 3, 2006 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLIBX11
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Remediation
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References (8)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22642Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:199VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4289VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29956Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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