CVE-2015-3164

Severity

36%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

81%

The authentication setup in XWayland 1.16.x and 1.17.x before 1.17.2 starts the server in non-authenticating mode, which allows local users to read from or send information to arbitrary X11 clients via vectors involving a UNIX socket.

The authentication setup in XWayland 1.16.x and 1.17.x before 1.17.2 starts the server in non-authenticating mode, which allows local users to read from or send information to arbitrary X11 clients via vectors involving a UNIX socket.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 9 years ago

2015-07-01 14:59:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:27:00

Affected Software

OpenSUSE 13.2

13.2

X.Org xorg-server 1.16.0

1.16.0

X.Org xorg-server 1.16.1

1.16.1

X.Org xorg-server 1.16.1.901

1.16.1.901

X.Org xorg-server 1.16.2

1.16.2

X.Org xorg-server 1.16.2.901

1.16.2.901

X.Org xorg-server 1.16.3

1.16.3

X.Org xorg-server 1.17.0

1.17.0

References

[wayland-devel] 20150610 X.Org/Wayland Security Advisory: Missing authentication in XWayland

Vendor Advisory

openSUSE-SU-2015:1095

75535

GLSA-201701-64

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