| Name | CVE-2015-3164 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 788410 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| xorg-server (PTS) | bullseye | 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u13 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u17 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u10 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u11 | fixed | |
| trixie | 2:21.1.16-1.3 | fixed | |
| trixie (security) | 2:21.1.16-1.3+deb13u1 | fixed | |
| forky | 2:21.1.18-2 | fixed | |
| sid | 2:21.1.20-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xorg-server | source | squeeze | (not affected) | |||
| xorg-server | source | wheezy | (not affected) | |||
| xorg-server | source | jessie | 2:1.16.4-1+deb8u2 | |||
| xorg-server | source | (unstable) | 2:1.17.2-1 | 788410 |
[wheezy] - xorg-server <not-affected> (XWayland not present)
[squeeze] - xorg-server <not-affected> (XWayland not present)
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2015-June/022548.html
Patch 1/3: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=c4534a38b68aa07fb82318040dc8154fb48a9588
Patch 2/3: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=4b4b9086d02b80549981d205fb1f495edc373538
Patch 3/3: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=76636ac12f2d1dbdf7be08222f80e7505d53c451