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Secunia Advisory SA22642

libX11 XCOMPOSEFILE File Descriptor Leak
Secunia Advisory SA22642
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Release Date 2006-11-01
   
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Criticality level Less criticalLess critical
Impact Exposure of sensitive information
Where Local system
Authentication level Available in Customer Area
   
Report reliability Available in Customer Area
Solution Status Vendor Workaround
   
Systems affected Available in Customer Area
Approve distribution Available in Customer Area
   
Software:
X Window System 11 (X11) 7.x
Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) CVE-2006-5397 CVSS available in Customer Area
  

Description

Kees Cook has reported a vulnerability in libX11, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused due to a file descriptor leak in the Xinput module, which can be exploited to disclose the content of certain files.

The vulnerability is reported in libX11 1.0.2 and 1.0.3. Other versions may also be affected.


Solution
Fixed in the GIT repository.

Provided and/or discovered by
Kees Cook, Ubuntu

Original Advisory
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8699

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