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xorg-server: code execution

Package(s):xorg-server CVE #(s):CVE-2012-2118
Created:July 10, 2012 Updated:April 11, 2013
Description: From the CVE entry:

Format string vulnerability in the LogVHdrMessageVerb function in os/log.c in X.Org X11 1.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an input device name.

Alerts:
Gentoo 201207-04 2012-07-09
Ubuntu USN-1502-1 2012-07-11
Mageia MGASA-2012-0299 2012-10-20
Mandriva MDVSA-2013:139 2013-04-10

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