LXer: X Server Security Disaster: "It's Worse Than It Looks"

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LXer: X Server Security Disaster: "It's Worse Than It Looks"

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01-06-2014, 02:00 AM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 128,351 Rep:	LXer: X Server Security Disaster: "It's Worse Than It Looks" Published at LXer: There's X.Org Server security vulnerabilities -- even for vulnerabilities going back two decades -- from time to time and in related components of the Linux graphics stack. Parts of the X.Org stack can be in fairly rough shape given the age of X11, but a very poor picture of it was painted at the Chaos Communication Congress. It was stated that the X.Org security is even worse than it looks... Read More...

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