Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1107-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
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.
Affected
x11-xserver-utils vulnerability on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS , Ubuntu 9.10 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 10.10
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-0465 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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