xorg-x11: arbitrary command execution as root
| Package(s): | xorg-x11 | CVE #(s): | CVE-2011-0465 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Created: | April 6, 2011 | Updated: | June 13, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: | From the X.Org advisory:
By crafting hostnames with shell escape characters, arbitrary commands can be executed in a root environment when a display manager reads in the resource database via xrdb. These specially crafted hostnames can occur in two environments:
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