CVE-2011-0465

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.

References

https://lwn.net/Articles/437150/

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66585

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680196

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0975

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0966

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0929

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0906

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0889

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0880

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1107-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025317

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47189

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0433.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0432.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:076

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2213

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.465748

http://secunia.com/advisories/44193

http://secunia.com/advisories/44123

http://secunia.com/advisories/44122

http://secunia.com/advisories/44082

http://secunia.com/advisories/44040

http://secunia.com/advisories/44012

http://secunia.com/advisories/44010

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00002.html

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2011-April/001636.html

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2011-April/001635.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057928.html

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xrdb/commit/?id=1027d5df07398c1507fb1fe3a9981aa6b4bc3a56

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3