FKIE_CVE-2017-16611

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-12-01 17:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:09
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=155Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3500-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050459Issue Tracking, Tool Signature, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00028.htmlIssue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188044218304&w=2Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188049718337&w=2Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-10Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=155Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3500-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050459Issue Tracking, Tool Signature, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00028.htmlIssue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188044218304&w=2Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188049718337&w=2Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-10Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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 *
x libxfont *
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