{
  "threat_severity" : "Low",
  "public_date" : "2017-11-25T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "libXfont: User can trigger arbitrary file read by X server causing a DoS",
    "id" : "1519082",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1519082"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "2.8",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L",
    "status" : "draft"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-59",
  "details" : [ "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." ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "libXfont",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "libXfont",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "libXfont",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "libXfont2",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16611\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16611" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2017-16611",
  "csaw" : false
}