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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-5382 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-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:48:30.400Z

Reserved: 2006-10-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-5397

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-11-03T00:07:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2006-5397

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2006-10-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2006-5397 - Bugzilla

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