CVE-2006-5397

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    CVE-2006-5397

    Published: 3 Nov 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High