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.
Published: 2015-07-01
Score: 3.6 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-3242 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.
History

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared X.org x Server
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.1.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.2.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.1.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.2.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products X.org x Server

Subscriptions

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X.org X Server Xorg-server
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:39:31.640Z

Reserved: 2015-04-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-3164

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-07-01T14:59:07.267

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-3164

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2015-06-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-3164 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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