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Ubuntu 1107-1: x11-xserver-utils Moderate: Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey April 6, 2011
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Critical vulnerability in the xrdb tool grants unauthorized root access. Promptly update your Debian installations.
Sebastian Krahmer discovered that the xrdb utility incorrectly filtered crafted hostnames

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security advisory arbitrary code execution ubuntu moderate risk escalation x11-xserver-utils

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x11-xserver-utils vulnerability

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security advisory arbitrary code execution ubuntu moderate risk escalation x11-xserver-utils

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