CVE-2015-3164
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
3.6
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 13.2 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2:1.17.2-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2:1.17.2-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2:1.17.2-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2:1.17.2-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2:1.17.2-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
References
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.