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CVE-2011-0465

Published: 6 April 2011

xrdb.c in xrdb before 1.0.9 in X.Org X11R7.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a hostname obtained from a (1) DHCP or (2) XDMCP message.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
x11-xserver-utils
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Needs triage

dapper Does not exist

hardy
Released (7.3+2ubuntu0.1)
karmic
Released (7.4+2ubuntu3.1)
lucid
Released (7.5+1ubuntu2.1)
maverick
Released (7.5+2ubuntu1.1)
Patches:
upstream: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xrdb/commit/?id=1027d5df07398c1507fb1fe3a9981aa6b4bc3a56