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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9586
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36553
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=239818
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36219
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1364.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0020
EPSS Percentile
42.1%
Details
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (13)
gnome/gdm
0.7
gnome/gdm
1.0
gnome/gdm
2.0
gnome/gdm
2.2
gnome/gdm
2.3
gnome/gdm
2.4
gnome/gdm
2.5
gnome/gdm
2.6
gnome/gdm
2.8
gnome/gdm
2.13
... and 3 more
Published
Sep 04, 2009
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026