Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 3, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-5397
CVE-2006-5397
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.
Affected products
3Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cginvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/22642nvdVendor Advisory
- gitweb.freedesktop.orgnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22749nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20845nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4289nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29956nvd
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