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Date:         Tue, 3 Oct 2000 11:14:13 +1100
Subject:      Local vulnerability in XFCE 3.5.1
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM

Problem:

XFCE 3.5.1 ships with the following entry in /etc/X11/xfce/xinitrc:

xhost +$HOSTNAME

If a person is using this on a multiuser system, all local users may connect to 
their X session and capture keystrokes, etc.

Fix:

Upgrade to XFCE 3.5.2. The offending line has been commented out.

Cheers,
Nick