CVE-2015-3164
N/A
Published: July 1, 2015 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:25 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsopenSUSEX serverXorg Server
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2015-June/022548.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00044.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-64Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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