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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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2213-1 x11-xserver-utils security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-0485 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1107-1 x11-xserver-utils vulnerability
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References
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http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xrdb/commit/?id=1027d5df07398c1507fb1fe3a9981aa6b4bc3a56 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057928.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2011-April/001635.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2011-April/001636.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/44010 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/44012 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/44040 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/44082 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/44122 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/44123 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/44193 cve-icon cve-icon
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.465748 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2213 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:076 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0432.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0433.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47189 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025317 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1107-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0880 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0889 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0906 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0929 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0966 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0975 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680196 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66585 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lwn.net/Articles/437150/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0465 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-0465 cve-icon
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:51:08.842Z

Reserved: 2011-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-0465

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-04-08T15:17:25.697

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-0465

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-0465 - Bugzilla

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