CVE-2009-2697

Red Hat GDM <2.16.0-56 - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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