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X.Org Server 1.20.9 released

([Security] Aug 26, 2020 19:51 UTC (Wed) (coogle))


The [1]X.Org project has [2]announced the release of xorg-server version 1.20.9. Among other improvements are numerous fixes to [3]XWayland , including a bug that could cause an infinite loop at startup as well as other potential crash fixes. The release also addresses several [4]security issues that can " lead to local privileges elevation on systems where the X server is running privileged. " Users of xorg-server are encouraged to upgrade.



[1] http://x.org

[2] https://lwn.net/Articles/829638/

[3] https://wayland.freedesktop.org/xserver.html#heading_toc_j_0

[4] https://lwn.net/Articles/829639/

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