CVE-2011-0465
N/A
Published: April 8, 2011 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:27 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsX11Xrdb
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xrdb/commit/?id=1027d5df07398c1507fb1fe3a9981aa6b4bc3a56
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057928.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2011-April/001635.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2011-April/001636.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00002.html
References (29)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xrdb/commit/?id=1027d5df07398c1507fb1fe3a9981aa6b4bc3a56Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057928.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2011-April/001635.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2011-April/001636.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/44040Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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