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X.Org X Server 'Xinput' Extension Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

X.Org X Server is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges or to crash the affected computer.

NOTE: This vulnerability was previously covered in BID 27336 (X.Org X Server Multiple Local Privilege Escalation and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities), but has been given its own record to better document the issue.