CVE-2017-16611

medium

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.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-10

https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188049718337&w=2

https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188044218304&w=2

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00028.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050459

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3500-1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/7

http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=155

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-12-01

Updated: 2022-02-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H