Re: [Xquartz-dev] x.org hole

On Oct 25, 2018, at 9:31 PM, nicolas bats <sl1200mk2@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi, https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-October/002927.html <https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-October/002927.html>

are we impacted by this?

No, unless you're doing something very odd. The vulnerability only affects systems where the X server is configured so that it has root privileges even when run by a non-privileged user. XQuartz is not normally configured that way, or with any unusual privileges. It just runs in your normal user account with your normal privileges. Regards, Ken