gsd-2006-5397
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:19
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.
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CVE-2006-5397


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      "lastModifiedDate": "2017-07-20T01:33Z",
      "publishedDate": "2006-11-03T00:07Z"
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