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CVE-2009-2697

The Red Hat build script for the GNOME Display Manager (GDM) before 2.16.0-56 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 omits TCP Wrapper support, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via XDMCP connections, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5079.

  • Published: Sep 4, 2009
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2009-2697
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.8
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

OWASP TOP 10:

Software From Fixed in
gnome / gdm - 2.16.x
gnome / gdm 0.7 0.7.x
gnome / gdm 1.0 1.0.x
gnome / gdm 2.0 2.0.x
gnome / gdm 2.2 2.2.x
gnome / gdm 2.3 2.3.x
gnome / gdm 2.4 2.4.x
gnome / gdm 2.5 2.5.x
gnome / gdm 2.6 2.6.x
gnome / gdm 2.8 2.8.x
gnome / gdm 2.13 2.13.x
gnome / gdm 2.14 2.14.x
gnome / gdm 2.15 2.15.x