FKIE_CVE-2011-0465
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-04-08 15:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:27
Severity
Summary
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
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| matthias_hopf | xrdb | * | |
| matthias_hopf | xrdb | 1.0.2 | |
| matthias_hopf | xrdb | 1.0.3 | |
| matthias_hopf | xrdb | 1.0.4 | |
| matthias_hopf | xrdb | 1.0.5 | |
| matthias_hopf | xrdb | 1.0.6 | |
| matthias_hopf | xrdb | 1.0.7 | |
| x | x11 | * | |
| x | x11 | r1 | |
| x | x11 | r2 | |
| x | x11 | r3 | |
| x | x11 | r4 | |
| x | x11 | r5 | |
| x | x11 | r6 | |
| x | x11 | r6.1 | |
| x | x11 | r6.3 | |
| x | x11 | r6.4 | |
| x | x11 | r6.5.1 | |
| x | x11 | r6.6 | |
| x | x11 | r6.7 | |
| x | x11 | r6.7.0 | |
| x | x11 | r6.8.0 | |
| x | x11 | r6.8.1 | |
| x | x11 | r6.8.2 | |
| x | x11 | r6.9.0 | |
| x | x11 | r7.0 | |
| x | x11 | r7.1 | |
| x | x11 | r7.2 | |
| x | x11 | r7.3 | |
| x | x11 | r7.4 | |
| x | x11 | r7.5 |
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