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 allows local users to read from or send information to arbitrary X11 clients via vectors involving a UNIX socket.

🔗 References (8)

• secalert@redhathttp://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2015-June/022548.html
• secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00044.html
• secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75535
• secalert@redhathttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-64
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2015-June/022548.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00044.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75535
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-64