Access Restriction Bypass Affecting xorg-server package, versions <2:1.17.2-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-XORGSERVER-515295
  • published1 Jul 2015
  • disclosed1 Jul 2015

Introduced: 1 Jul 2015

CVE-2015-3164  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 xorg-server to version 2:1.17.2-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xorg-server package and not the xorg-server package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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