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CVSSv2

CVE-2017-16611

Published: 01/12/2017 Updated: 20/02/2022
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 436
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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Vulnerability Summary

In libXfont prior to 1.5.4 and libXfont2 prior to 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.

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Debian CVElist Bug Report Logs: libxfont: CVE-2017-16611: User can trigger reads on special files as root allowing for DoS
Debian Bug report logs - #883929 libxfont: CVE-2017-16611: User can trigger reads on special files as root allowing for DoS Package: src:libxfont; Maintainer for src:libxfont is Debian X Strike Force <debian-x@listsdebianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 13:45:02 UTC ...
Ubuntu Security Notice: libxfont, libxfont1, libxfont2 vulnerability
libXfont could be made to access arbitrary files, including special device files ...
Red Hat: CVE-2017-16611
In libXfont before 154 and libXfont2 before 203, 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

CWE-59https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050459http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3500-1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/7https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188049718337&w=2https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188044218304&w=2http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=155https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-10https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00028.htmlhttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=883929https://usn.ubuntu.com/3500-1/https://nvd.nist.gov
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