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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 33.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-07-01 14:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 05:39Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-04-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 426a73805b5286fc7fa2628933dc5677140654b0c6b08ea1cafc2e954df06117
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.freedesktop.org[wayland-devel] 20150610 X.Org/Wayland Security Advisory: Missing authentication in XWaylandhttp://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2015-June/022548.html
- www.securityfocus.com75535http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75535
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-64https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-64
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1095http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00044.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xorg-server Fixed in 2:1.17.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xorg-server Fixed in 2:1.17.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xorg-server Fixed in 2:1.17.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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