CVE-2017-16611 — Link Following in Libxfont

CWE-59 — Link Following10 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 82.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
X.org LibxfontX LibxfontCanonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 1
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDx/libxfont1.0.0 — 1.5.4+1
▶Debianx.org/libxfont< 1:2.0.3-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 17.04, 17.10

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: marc.info ↗Patch: marc.info ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-vjcj-64vh-89f7: In libXfont before 1↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-16611: In libXfont before 1↗2017-12-01
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CVEList
CVE-2017-16611: In libXfont before 1↗2017-12-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
libXfont vulnerability↗2017-11-29
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Red Hat
libXfont: User can trigger arbitrary file read by X server causing a DoS↗2017-11-25
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Debian
CVE-2017-16611: libxfont - In libXfont before 1.5.4 and libXfont2 before 2.0.3, a local attacker can open (...↗2017
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-16611 libXfont: User can trigger arbitrary file read by X server causing a DoS↗2017-11-30
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-16611 libXfont: User can trigger arbitrary file read by X server causing a DoS [fedora-all]↗2017-11-30
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-16611 libXfont2: libXfont: User can trigger arbitrary file read by X server causing a DoS [fedora-all]↗2017-11-30
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