UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3164

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3164
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3164.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3164
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:12Z
Published
2015-07-01T14:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T06:46:57.559471Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / xorg-server

Package

Name
xorg-server
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/xorg-server@2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2

Affected versions

2:1.*
2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9
2:1.17.2-1ubuntu10
2:1.17.3-2ubuntu1
2:1.17.3-2ubuntu2
2:1.17.3-2ubuntu3
2:1.17.3-2ubuntu4
2:1.18.1-1ubuntu3
2:1.18.1-1ubuntu4
2:1.18.3-1ubuntu1
2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2
2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.2
2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3
2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xdmx"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xdmx-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xdmx-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xdmx-tools-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xmir"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xmir-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xnest"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xnest-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xorg-server-source"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xserver-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xserver-xephyr"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xserver-xephyr-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-core"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-core-dbg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-core-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-core-udeb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-core-udeb-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-legacy"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-legacy-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-xmir"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xvfb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xvfb-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xwayland"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "xwayland-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3164.json"