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.
Published: 2009-09-04
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-2689 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.
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Gnome Gdm
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:59:56.942Z

Reserved: 2009-08-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2697

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-09-04T20:30:00.217

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-2697

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-2697 - Bugzilla

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