XRDB shell characters vulnerability
Published:		11.04.2011
Source:		BUGTRAQ
SecurityVulns ID:		11575
Type:		local
Level:		5/10
Description:		Shell characters vulnerability via host name.

Affected:		XORG : xrdb 1.0
CVE:		CVE-2011-0465 (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.)

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UBUNTU, [USN-1107-1] x11-xserver-utils vulnerability (11.04.2011)

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