diff --git a/xsane-0.995-close-fds.patch b/xsane-0.995-close-fds.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fddbab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xsane-0.995-close-fds.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+diff -up xsane-0.995/src/xsane.c.close-fds xsane-0.995/src/xsane.c
+--- xsane-0.995/src/xsane.c.close-fds	2007-09-28 17:24:56.000000000 +0200
++++ xsane-0.995/src/xsane.c	2008-07-15 17:48:17.000000000 +0200
+@@ -3681,6 +3681,8 @@ static void xsane_show_doc_via_nsr(GtkWi
+  char *arg[5];
+  struct stat st;
+  char netscape_lock_path[PATH_MAX];
++ int open_max;
++ int i;
+ 
+   DBG(DBG_proc, "xsane_show_doc_via_nsr(%s)\n", name);
+ 
+@@ -3725,6 +3727,17 @@ static void xsane_show_doc_via_nsr(GtkWi
+         ipc_file = fdopen(xsane.ipc_pipefd[1], "w");
+       }
+ 
++      open_max = (int) sysconf (_SC_OPEN_MAX);
++
++      DBG(DBG_info, "closing unneeded file descriptors\n");
++
++      /* leave stdin, stdout, stderr alone */
++      for (i = 3; i < open_max; i++) {
++          /* xsane.ipc_pipefd[0] is closed by now */
++          if (i != xsane.ipc_pipefd[1])
++              close (i);
++      }
++
+       DBG(DBG_info, "trying to change user id for new subprocess:\n");
+       DBG(DBG_info, "old effective uid = %d\n", (int) geteuid());
+       setuid(getuid());
diff --git a/xsane.spec b/xsane.spec
index 35ac309..fb7cb2e 100644
--- a/xsane.spec
+++ b/xsane.spec
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 Name: xsane
 Summary: X Window System front-end for the SANE scanner interface
 Version: 0.995
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 Source0: http://www.xsane.org/download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1: xsane.desktop
 Source2: xsane.conf.in
 Patch0: xsane-0.995-xdg-open.patch
 Patch1: xsane-0.995-eula-license-size.patch
+Patch2: xsane-0.995-close-fds.patch
 License: GPLv2+
 URL: http://www.xsane.org/
 Group: Applications/Multimedia
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ installed to use this package.
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1 -b .xdg-open
 %patch1 -p1 -b .eula-license-size
+%patch2 -p1 -b .close-fds
 
 %build
 %configure --enable-gimp
@@ -105,6 +107,9 @@ fi
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/gimp/plugins.d/xsane.conf
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jul 15 2008 Nils Philippsen <nphilipp@redhat.com> - 0.995-4
+- don't leak file descriptors to help browser process (#455450)
+
 * Tue Feb 19 2008 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.995-3
 - Autorebuild for GCC 4.3