A security update to XFree86 [LWN.net]

The XFree86 project has released XFree86 4.2.1, which fixes a few security problems. The most urgent problem is a vulnerability in the internationalization code which can allow an attacker to cause a privileged X client to load and execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability only exists in XFree86 4.2.0; earlier releases are not vulnerable.

No distributor updates have been received as of this writing, though Slackware has updated its XFree86 packages.

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