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CVE-2015-3164

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Date: July 1, 2015

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (7)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3164
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00044.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-64
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2015-June/022548.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75535
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3164
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-3164

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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