VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-3164
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.
LOW 3.6EPSS 0.39%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.6 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- opensuse/opensuse · x.org/x server · x.org/xorg-server
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2015-June/022548.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00044.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75535
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-64
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2015-June/022548.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00044.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75535
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-64
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.