Security Advisory

CVE-2017-16611

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2017-12-01 17:00:00

Last updated 2024-08-05 20:27:04

Assigner mitre

CVSS score not scored

State PUBLISHED

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.

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