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CVE-2015-3164

Published: Jul 01, 2015 | Modified: Oct 30, 2018
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
3.6 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
5.1 IMPORTANT
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3164
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 (including) 13.2 (including)
Xorg-server Ubuntu utopic *
Xorg-server Ubuntu vivid *
Xorg-server Ubuntu vivid/stable-phone-overlay *
Xorg-server Ubuntu wily *
Xorg-server-lts-quantal Ubuntu precise *
Xorg-server-lts-raring Ubuntu precise *
Xorg-server-lts-saucy Ubuntu precise *
Xorg-server-lts-utopic Ubuntu trusty *
Xorg-server-lts-utopic Ubuntu upstream *
Xorg-server-lts-vivid Ubuntu trusty *

References

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