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CVE-2015-3164
Published: Jul 1, 2015
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[wayland-devel] 20150610 X.Org/Wayland Security Advisory: Missing authentication in XWayland
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
75535
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
GLSA-201701-64
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
openSUSE-SU-2015:1095
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
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