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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

2009-09-04T20:30:00.217

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-287
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application gnome gdm ≤ 2.16 Yes
Application gnome gdm 0.7 Yes
Application gnome gdm 1.0 Yes
Application gnome gdm 2.0 Yes
Application gnome gdm 2.2 Yes
Application gnome gdm 2.3 Yes
Application gnome gdm 2.4 Yes
Application gnome gdm 2.5 Yes
Application gnome gdm 2.6 Yes
Application gnome gdm 2.8 Yes
Application gnome gdm 2.13 Yes
Application gnome gdm 2.14 Yes
Application gnome gdm 2.15 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 5 No
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