CVE-2006-5397

NameCVE-2006-5397
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs398460

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libx11 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2:1.6.2-3+deb8u7fixed
stretch (security)2:1.6.4-3+deb9u4fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2:1.6.4-3+deb9u6fixed
buster2:1.6.7-1+deb10u2fixed
buster (security)2:1.6.7-1+deb10u4fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye2:1.7.2-1+deb11u2fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm2:1.8.4-2+deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie2:1.8.7-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libx11source(unstable)2:1.0.3-3low398460

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