CVE-2015-3164 (GCVE-0-2015-3164)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-07-01 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:39
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-dev… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75535 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-64 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-0… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
Date Public
2015-06-10 00:00
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