Vulnerability in X.org Libx11
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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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (29.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- X.org Libx11 — versions 1.0.2, 1.0.3
References
- secunia.com/advisories/22749 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20845 (vdb-entry)
- bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi (Patch)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4289 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/22642 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- gitweb.freedesktop.org/
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29956 (vdb-entry)