CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-16611
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-12-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
In libXfont before 1.5.4 and libXfont2 before 2.0.3, a local attacker can open (but not read) files on the system as root, triggering tape rewinds, watchdogs, or similar mechanisms that can be triggered by opening files.
Affected configurations
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.10
• x libxfont (>= 1.0.0 < 1.5.4)
• x libxfont (>= 2.0.0 < 2.0.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=155 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3500-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050459 Issue Tracking, Tool Signature, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00028.html Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188044218304&w=2 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188049718337&w=2 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-10 Third Party Advisory
- http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=155 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3500-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050459 Issue Tracking, Tool Signature, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00028.html Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188044218304&w=2 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188049718337&w=2 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-10 Third Party Advisory