fkie_cve-2015-3164
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2015-07-01 14:59
Modified
2025-08-29 13:42
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2015-June/022548.htmlVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00044.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75535
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-64
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2015-June/022548.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00044.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75535
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-64
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
opensuse opensuse 13.2
x.org x_server 1.16.0
x.org x_server 1.16.1
x.org x_server 1.16.1.901
x.org x_server 1.16.2
x.org x_server 1.16.2.901
x.org x_server 1.16.3
x.org x_server 1.17.0
x.org xorg-server 1.16.4
x.org xorg-server 1.16.99.901
x.org xorg-server 1.16.99.902
x.org xorg-server 1.17.1


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  "lastModified": "2025-08-29T13:42:30.557",
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