CVE-2015-3164 | BDVDB-2026-70168 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2015-June/022548.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75535
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-64
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00044.html

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12015-07-01Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.