CVE-2015-3164
low
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
3.6
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
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3164
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2015-June/022548.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| suse | 13.2 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2:1.17.2-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2:1.17.2-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2:1.17.2-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2:1.17.2-1 |
| debian | trixie | 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
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.