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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

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 · CVSS 3.6 EPSS 0.00065
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Affected Products & Versions

3
opensuseall versions
x.org x serverall versions
x.org xorg-serverall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

3.6
LOW · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD01 Jul 2015 · 02:59 PM
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Vendor Advisories

1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10518-1
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
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
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