Vulnerability Details CVE-2015-3164
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 37.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 3.6
References
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2015-June/022548.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00044.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75535
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-64
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2015-June/022548.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00044.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75535
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-64
Products affected by CVE-2015-3164
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cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.0
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cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.1
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cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.1.901
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cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.2
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cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.2.901
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cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.3
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cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.4
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cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.99.901
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cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.99.902
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cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.17.0
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cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.17.1
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cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2