CVE-2011-0465

CVE Details

Release Date:	2011-04-08
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	9.3
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (xorg-x11)	ELSA-2011-0432	2011-04-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (xorg-x11-server-utils)	ELSA-2011-0433	2011-04-12
Oracle Linux version 6 (xorg-x11-server-utils)	ELSA-2011-0433	2011-04-12