CVE-2011-0465
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.
- EPSS
- 5.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 93% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-20
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- matthias_hopf:xrdb
- x:x11
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