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CVE-2009-2697

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-287 Authentication Issues
Publication date:
04/09/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.16 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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