A security release for xorg-server [LWN.net]

X.org users running in potentially hostile environments will want to look into the xorg-server 21.1.5 release, which fixes several potentially serious security vulnerabilities. "All theses issues can lead to local privileges elevation on systems where the X server is running privileged and remote code execution for ssh X forwarding sessions".

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