CVE-2009-2697

Red Hat GDM <2.16.0-56 - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm

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)

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/36553

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=239818

[Vendor Advisory] https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1364.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36219

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9586

Scores

EPSS 0.0020

EPSS Percentile 42.2%

Classification

CWE

CWE-287

Status draft

Affected Products (13)

gnome/gdm < 2.16

gnome/gdm

gnome/gdm

gnome/gdm

gnome/gdm

gnome/gdm

gnome/gdm

gnome/gdm

gnome/gdm

gnome/gdm

gnome/gdm

gnome/gdm

gnome/gdm

Timeline

Published Sep 04, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026