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CVE-2009-2697

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Published: Sep 4, 2009Modified: Apr 23, 2026

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6.8
Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 6.4
Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (13)

Products: Gnome: Gdm
Gnome
1 product
Gdm
Configuration A
13 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Gnome
Gdm
Up to 2.16
Gdm
Version 0.7
Gdm
Version 1.0
Gdm
Version 2.0
Gdm
Version 2.13
Gdm
Version 2.14
Gdm
Version 2.15
Gdm
Version 2.2
Gdm
Version 2.3
Gdm
Version 2.4
Gdm
Version 2.5
Gdm
Version 2.6
Gdm
Version 2.8
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Redhat
Enterprise Linux
Version 5

Related CWEs

CWE-287
Improper Authentication
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

References (10)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

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