CVE-2015-3164 — Improper Authentication in X Server

CWE-264CWE-287 — Improper Authentication8 documents7 sources
Severity
3.6LOWNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 79.80%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
X.org Xorg-serverOpensuseX.org X Server
Timeline
PublishedJul 1
Latest updateMay 14

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 vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 4.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Debianx.org/xorg-server< 2:1.17.2-1+3
▶NVDx.org/x_server7 versions+6
▶NVDx.org/xorg-server4 versions+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-fww3-c3xq-2xqg: The authentication setup in XWayland 1↗2022-05-14
▶
CVEList
CVE-2015-3164: The authentication setup in XWayland 1↗2015-07-01
▶
OSV
CVE-2015-3164: The authentication setup in XWayland 1↗2015-07-01
▶

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
xorg-x11-server: Xwayland allows unconditional open access to display↗2015-06-10
▶
Debian
CVE-2015-3164: xorg-server - The authentication setup in XWayland 1.16.x and 1.17.x before 1.17.2 starts the ...↗2015
▶

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-3164 xorg-x11-server: Xwayland allows unconditional open access to display [fedora-all]↗2015-06-16
▶
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-3164 xorg-x11-server: Xwayland allows unconditional open access to display↗2015-05-07
▶
CVE-2015-3164 — Improper Authentication in X Server | cvebase