ubuntu-cve-2015-3164
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2015-07-01 14:59
Modified
2025-07-16 04:50
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "xdmx",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xdmx-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xdmx-tools",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xdmx-tools-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xmir",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xmir-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xnest",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xnest-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xorg-server-source",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xserver-common",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xserver-xephyr",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xserver-xephyr-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-core",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-core-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-core-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-core-udeb",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-core-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-dev",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-legacy",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-legacy-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-xmir",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xvfb",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xvfb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xwayland",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xwayland-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "xorg-server",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/xorg-server@2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9",
        "2:1.17.2-1ubuntu10",
        "2:1.17.3-2ubuntu1",
        "2:1.17.3-2ubuntu2",
        "2:1.17.3-2ubuntu3",
        "2:1.17.3-2ubuntu4",
        "2:1.18.1-1ubuntu3",
        "2:1.18.1-1ubuntu4",
        "2:1.18.3-1ubuntu1",
        "2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2",
        "2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.2",
        "2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3",
        "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3164",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:48Z",
  "published": "2015-07-01T14:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3164"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2015-June/022548.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3164"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2015-3164"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:43:12Z"
}



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