MGASA-2015-0316

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    MGASA-2015-0316

    Published: 21 Aug 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-3164

    Summary: Updated x11-server packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: 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 (CVE-2015-3164).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0316.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16182, http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2015-June/002611.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00044.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: x11-server

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/x11-server?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.16.4-2.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High