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CVE Reference: CVE-2006-5397

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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/29956

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA22642
  Secunia Advisory: SA22749

MANDRIVA
  http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:199

CONFIRM
  http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/lib/libX11.git;a=commit;h=686bb8b35acf6cecae80fe89b2b5853f5816ce19

BID
  20845


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