[SECURITY] [DSA 2213-1] x11-xserver-utils security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2213-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Nico Golde April 8, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - -------------------------------------------------------------------------...

USN-1107-1: x11-xserver-utils vulnerability

Sebastian Krahmer discovered that the xrdb utility incorrectly filtered crafted hostnames. An attacker could use this flaw with a malicious DHCP server or with a remote xdmcp login and execute arbitrary code, resulting in root privilege escalation...