Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2011-April/001636.html http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/2eccb24f-61c0-11e0-b199-0015f2db7bde.html
Insight
The following package is affected: xrdb
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.
Severity
Classification
-
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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