CVE-2006-5397 Information

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.

Reference

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