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XOrg Server and Xwayland Patched Against Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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LinuxSecurity.com - Hybrid RSS; By Anthony Pell
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Multiple security vulnerabilities have recently been discovered in the XOrg Server prior to 21.1.11, and Xwayland display implementations prior to 23.2.4. These vulnerabilities could potentially result in heap overflows, out-of-bounds writes, and local privilege escalation, potentially enabling attackers to view additional infrastructure to attack, add or delete users, or modify permissions of files or other users.

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